Rock Music guests Rich Spina Billy Sullivan and Joe Orlando

Please note: This show was recorded on Thursday, October 20th, 2022.

Topic was: about Rock Music From the 60s and 70s With Guests

I talked about and played all the great music from the 60s, and 70s including the following genres:

Rock
Pop
British Invasion
Classic rock

As well as various artists such as:

Herman’s Hermits,
Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Billy J. Kramer
The Beatles
Wings
The Raspberries
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Tommy Roe
Badfinger
and more

This was such a fun show and if you missed it, please scroll down and play the recording!

Guests for our show:

Date: Oct 20th, 2022

1) Rich Spina

Rich Spina has become one of Cleveland’s most enduring musical talents. He has maintained a steady profile as lead singer, songwriter, musical director, road manager, keyboardist, and record producer.

Rich’s professional career began in the 1970’s fronting a band that became known as LOVE AFFAIR. Over the ensuing decade, that band evolved into a tight professional recording act that released two albums & an EP nationally and had a hit record with “Mama Sez,” a rocking pop song that Rich co-wrote.

From 1987 through 2004 Rich was with GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS; as musical director, road manager, keyboardist and singer. During that time he backed countless other artists such as BILLY J. KRAMER, MITCH RYDER, LOU CHRISTIE, IAN HUNTER, TOMMY ROE, FABIAN and MARK LINDSAY plus many, many more.

Rich has also toured as musical director, keyboardist, singer, and road manager for:

The Teen Idols Tour 2009-2010
The Sensational Sixties Tour 1998- 2005
The Rock-n-Roll Army Tour 1999-2001
The 30 Years of Rock-n-Roll Tour 1992
The Super Rock Of The 60’s Tour 1988-1991

In 2006 he became the keyboardist/bassist & production coordinator for HERMAN’S HERMITS STARRING PETER NOONE.

Rich Spina

For more information, please check the following websites:

Rich Spina

2) Billy Sullivan

Billy Sullivan became a professional musician at the young age of 13 years old. He’s been a veteran of the Cleveland and Buffalo nightclub scene since 1975. Over the years, you might remember seeing Billy playing in bands like “Duce”, “The Paul Pope Band”, “Club Wow”, “Moonlight Drive”, “Beau Coup”, and the duo “Spina & Sullivan”.

In 1986, he started a long and successful working relationship with Gary Lewis & the Playboys. He’s toured all over the world and shared the concert stage with the likes of Gary Lewis, Mark Lindsay, Mitch Ryder, Dickey Betts, Peter Frampton, Mark Farner, Ian Hunter, Eric Carmen, Sam Moore, Lou Christie, Lesley Gore, Billy J Kramer, Peter Noone, Joey Molland, Tommy Roe, Bryan Hyland, Jimmy Zero and the list goes on. He’s appeared on national television shows such as TNN’s “Nashville Now” to 11 appearances on the ‘Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.

His own releases included the 1986 single release “Never Again {Without You}” reaching #13 on the local charts and received national airplay. His most recent CD release “All-American Popster” has sold copies as far away as Japan to Spain and France as well as the US. Billy had the distinct honor to be hand-picked personally by Eric Carmen to participate in “An Evening with Eric Carmen” his first solo show in many years at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in March 2000 and the “Raspberries” Reunion Show in November 2004.

Billy Sullivan

For more information, please check the following websites:

Billy Sullivan

3) Joe Orlando

Joe Orlando, the founder, CEO, and singer-songwriter of the Cryers, has been performing since 1991, throughout the U.S.A. & Canada, as well as their home base of NJ/NY.

The band’s sound is based deep within the roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll. It features a solid beat, captivating harmonies, and powerfully-written songs.

Along with their original material, the band performs tunes from the vast archives of Rock ‘n’ Roll, breathing new life into timeless classics as well as contemporary songs. Sid Berstein, the man responsible for bringing the Beatles to America, called this band “Magical!”

Joe Orlando and the Cryers