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Those who grew up in the 1970s might remember, in the relatively early days of FM radio, that some FM stations programmed a format called “beautiful music.” Others less impressed called it “elevator music.” It was essentially orchestral instrumental arrangements of popular songs of the day. Those stations more often than not were automated, meaning … Continue reading “Beautiful Chicago“ (or Chicago in an elevator)
Adam Liptak‘s opinion masquerades as “analysis” in the New York Times: On the final day of the Supreme Court term last week, Justice Elena Kagan sounded an alarm. The court’s five conservative members, citing the First Amendment, had just dealt public unions a devastating blow. The day before, the same majority had used the First Amendment … Continue reading The New York Times abandons the First Amendment
Right on time for Chicago’s appearances in Appleton Saturday, Rockford Monday and Madison Tuesday, Motor Trend interviewed Chicago trumpet player Lee Loughnane: While Chicago has celebrated 49 years music that has spoken to several generations, and was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Lee Loughnane considers his BMW M5 the first … Continue reading What Would Chicago Drive?
Cleveland.com reports on Chicago’s upcoming (and grossly tardy) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction: Every Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee has a handful of songs (or more) you can play that kill any doubt about their candidacy. Chicago’s career has spanned more than 40 years, driven by two golden periods – one of … Continue reading Essential Chicago
Fans of brass rock should be interested in this news: Relentless after 46 years, Chicago releases catchy new anthem, “America” [OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE] Iconic mega-band Chicago returns to its musical roots with a soaring grass-roots anthem about restoring the American dream Chicago, Illinois (MMD Newswire) September 24, 2013 – – Multi-platinum, Grammy ® Award winning … Continue reading From Chicago to “America”
I never thought we had a very musical family, but apparently we do. Last weekend, our oldest son performed in Ripon Middle School’s “Another Op’nin’, Another Show,” a musical about musical opening numbers, ranging from “On the Town” to “The Lion King.” On Monday, Michael played trumpet and sang in the RMS band and chorus … Continue reading Strike up the band
We begin with a song that was set on this date (listen to the first line): The number one song today in 1955 was probably played around the clock by the first top 40 radio stations: Anniversary greetings to David Bowie and Iman, married today in 1992:
One strange anniversary in rock music: Today in 1968, Paul McCartney and Jane Asher attended a concert of … Andy Williams: Eleven years later, not McCartney, but Elton John became the first Western artist to perform in the Soviet Union. Four years later, David Bowie’s suggestion reached number one:
Today in 1966, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who decided to replace for the evening the tardy drummer Keith Moon and bass player John Entwistle with the bass player and drummer of the band that played before them at the Ricky Tick Club in Windsor, England. When Moon and Entwistle arrived and found … Continue reading Presty the DJ for May 20
The number one single today in 1960: The number one British album today in 1966 was the Rolling Stones’ “Aftermath”:
Steve Prestegard.com: The Presteblog 