Music History Today: July 29, 2022

July 29, 1982: Boys Town Gang, a post-disco and hi-NRG band from San Francisco, released a dance cover of Franki Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You."

Music History Today: May 13, 2021

May 13, 1985: Dire Straits released the studio album Brothers in Arms.

"Brothers in Arms" is the single from the same name album of Dire Straits released in December 1984. This song was originally written in 1982 by Mark Knopfler in the year of the Falklands War. 

Music History Today: May 4, 2021

May 4, 1999:  Smash Mouth released "All Star" as the first single from their album Astro Lounge. 

After the initial success of their debut single, "Walkin’ On The Sun," Smash Mouth returned to the studio to record the follow-up to 1997’s Fush You Mang at their new home on the major label Interscope. 

Smash Mouth

Music History Today: October 30, 2020

October 30, 1975: Bob Dylan performs the first show of his Rolling Thunder Revue at the War Memorial Auditorium in Plymouth, Massachusetts. 

In 1975, in an America defined by both the self-mythologizing pomp of the upcoming bicentennial and ongoing sociopolitical turmoil, Bob Dylan and a band of troubadours embarked on a now-legendary tour known as the Rolling Thunder Revue,. 

Music History Today: September 2, 2020

September 2, 1946: Billy Preston is born in Houston, Texas. 

Preston began playing the piano at age 3 and by age 10 he was accompanying gospel greats Mahalia Jackson and James Cleveland on the organ. 

Billy Preston

Music History Today: May 24, 2020

May 24, 1977: At Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, Emerson, Lake & Palmer began a grand, eleven-month tour. It was a financial disaster.  

Early on the morning of the very first gig, at Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky; it was noticed that a vital weld in the massive lighting rig had come apart, leaving the huge array precariously suspended, ready to crash down at any moment.