by Bwana | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Burt Bacharach and Hal David Burt Bacharach, is an American composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, and singer who has composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Grammy Award...
by Bwana | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Brill Building Pop is a subgenre of pop music originating from the Brill Building in New York City, where numerous teams of professional songwriters penned material for girl groups and teen idols in the early 1960s. The term has also become a catch-all for the period...
by Bwana | Jan 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Chuck Berry (1926-2017) Chuck Berry was an American singer, songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as “Maybellene” (1955), “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956), “Rock and Roll Music” (1957) and...
by Bwana | Dec 8, 2018 | Radio Show
Rock, Pop, Doo Wop, Country and Rockabilly Show: Wednesday, December 5th 2018 Regular showtime: 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM. YOU’RE INVITED!! Topic for the show: Rock, Pop, Doo Wop, Country and Rockabilly I’ll be playing from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, and some...
by Bwana | Nov 30, 2018 | Country, Doowop, Pop, Rockabilly
Link Wray was a Native American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. Building on the distorted electric guitar sound of early records, his 1958 instrumental hit “Rumble” by Link Wray & His Ray Men...
