By 1987 Madonna was a full-fledged star of stage and screen. She starred in the movie Who’s That Girl and in July she began the Who’s That Girl World Tour (w...

A few years ago a three volume set of DVDs was released containing private, intimate and rare footage of Elvis Presley. Called Elvis Home Movies Vol. 1, 2 & ...

After the Guess Who split up Burton Cummings went on to have a wildly successful solo career. By 1980 he was rich and riding high from wildly successful sold...

The Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats, led by vocalist and activist Bob Geldof, had a #1 hit on their hands in 1979 with the song “I Don’t Like Mondays”. Gel...

Most remember Davy Jones as the cute heart throb from the 1960s sitcom The Monkees. But Davy was a man (or should I say boy) of many talents. At 14 he left s...

The Police wrapped up their 1984 global Synchronicity Tour in Australia. About 50,000 fans were on hand making it the countries biggest international rock co...

Similar to Shindig!, the TV show Hullabaloo was a musical variety series that aired on on NBC during 1965 and 66. Some of the chart topping artists of the de...

Back in 2015 Rush’s drummer Neil Peart announced he was retiring from music for health reasons. At the time there was no official “band break-up” but in Janu...

Canada’s answer to the U.S. TV show Hootenanny was it’s own musical TV offering called Let’s Sing Out. It aired from 1963 to 1966 and then was revived briefl...

In 1985 Patti LaBelle appeared on the TV special Motown Returns To The Apollo and was part of the star-studded Live Aid benefit concert. Exposure from these ...

James Taylor and Carly Simon were married 11 years from 1972 until their divorce in 1983. Both musicians were also political activists and in 1979 they lent ...

Back in 1983 the song “Karma Chameleon” by The Culture Club spent 3 weeks in the #1 spot on Billboard Hot 100 Charts in the United States. It also introduced...

By the end of the 1970s Fleetwood Mac were bonafide superstars in the world of rock and roll. Their 1977 album Rumours garnered huge sales and awards and pro...

In 1970 British band Mungo Jerry had a #1 chart topper with the catchy tune ’In The Summertime’. Written by lead singer Ray Dorset in only 10 minutes, the so...

I’ve discovered a great YouTube channel and I just had to share it with you. ‘Lie Likes Music’ is the name and it’s full of interesting, and relatively short...

The YouTube channel React covers diverse topics. But by far, their most popular videos are the ones featuring some sort of challenge. In 2017 so-called Elder...

Melanie Safka, known professionally as just Melanie, had a string of top 10 hits in the 1970s including ‘Brand New Key’, ‘What Have They Done to My Song, Ma’...

Back in 2015 Damian Rodriguez used rare footage of Bob Dylan’s 1965 tour of the British Isles to put together this video showcasing Dylan’s 1965 classic “Jus...

During the mid-'60s the musical variety TV show Shindig! was a popular showcase for musical artists, exposing North American TV viewers to some of the bigges...

Canadians Ian Tyson and Sylvia Fricker began performing as the folk duo Ian & Sylvia in 1959. Although they married in 1964 they would divorce and stop perfo...