by Bwana | Feb 6, 2019 | Rock and Roll
June 17, Author Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters embark on their cross-country trip aboard Farther (bus) spreading the gospel of LSD. The Supremes were an American female singing group and the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as The Primettes...
by Bwana | Feb 6, 2019 | Rock and Roll
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Formerly the 37th vice president of the United States from 1961 to 1963, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of...
by Bwana | Feb 6, 2019 | Podcast
Music of the 1950’s: Show of Feb 4th. When: Monday, February 4th 2019 YOU’RE INVITED!! Podcast: A shout from the past: Topic for the show: Music of the 1950’s I’ll be talking about and playing music from: The Birth of Rock and Roll...
by Bwana | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Carole King is an American composer and singer-songwriter. She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999. King also wrote 61 hits...
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...
by Bwana | Nov 30, 2018 | Country, Doowop, Pop, Rockabilly
Buddy Holly was an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing...
