by Meagan Paese | Oct 16, 2017 | Rock and Roll
John F Kennedy (1917-1963) John F Kennedy (1917-1963) was an American statesman who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and much of his presidency...
by Meagan Paese | Oct 15, 2017 | Folk Rock
I Can’t Stop Loving You by Ray Charles I Can’t Stop Loving You by Ray Charles Is a popular song written and composed by country singer, songwriter and musician Don Gibson. Ray Charles Single: The song was covered by Ray Charles in 1962, featured on Charles’...
by Meagan Paese | Sep 25, 2017 | Rock and Roll
Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Airplane was a rock band based in San Francisco, California, who pioneered psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to achieve international commercial success. They...
by Meagan Paese | Sep 24, 2017 | Rock and Roll
The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco’s neighborhood Haight-Ashbury. Although hippies...
by Meagan Paese | Sep 18, 2017 | Rock and Roll
Alan Freed (1921-1965) Alan Freed was an American disc jockey. He became internationally known for promoting the mix of blues, country, and rhythm and blues music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of rock and roll. His career was destroyed by...
