This Week In Music History July 19-25The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! JULY 21: Today in 1987, Guns N Roses released their debut album, Appetite for Destruction. It currently sits as the 11th best-selling album of all-time and is the best-selling debut album ever! July 25: Sadly, it has been reported that Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green has passed away, age 73. RIP😢 Photo credits: Zoran Veselinovic [https://creativecommons.org/licens...
Concert Tickets and Passes: Small Pieces Of Music HistoryConcert tickets and backstage passes have become excellent collectibles. Most are not overly expensive and they make a great scrap book project or, even better, make for a great art piece when designed into a collage to enjoy on a wall. Like most music collectibles, the artist matters (although also always a matter of personal taste), but older dated shows from an artist's early career or particularly famous shows can be the most highly sought after. Like with most collectibles, condition...
This Week In Music History Aug 9-15The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! AUG 10: Happy birthday to Ronnie Spector, born today in 1943! Spector along with her sister and cousin formed the Ronettes in the early 1960’s. In 2007, Ronnie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Ronettes. AUG 13: Today in 1965, Jefferson Airplane made their live debut in San Francisco. The current carnation of the band recently put out new music!...
This Week In Music History Mar 28 - Apr 10The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! MAR 31: Today in 1967, Jimi Hendrix set fire to his guitar live in stage for the first time! The Fender Stratocaster that he burnt that night would go on to sell for over $350,000 at auction in 2008! APR 2: Today in 1981, Blondie was at #1 with “Rapture”. Famously, it was the first song to go to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with rap vocals. APR 7: Happy birthday...
This Week In Music History Dec 20 - Jan 2The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! DEC 27: Today in 1986, The Bangles were at #1 with “Walk Like An Egyptian”. It was the band’s first trip to the top and it would be Billboard’s number one song of 1987! DEC 22: Happy birthday to Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, born today in 1948! The singer-songwriter and musician is known for his large collection of guitars. Nielsen and Cheap Trick are still going stron...
This Week In Music History Feb 28 - Mar 13The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! MAR 1: Happy 94th birthday to Harry Belafonte, born today in 1927! The singer, songwriter, actor, and activist had the first million selling LP by a single artist with his 1956 album Calypso. MAR 5: Today in 1963, Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins were killed in a plane crash. Cline was one of the first country artist to successfully crossover into the po...
This Week In Music History Jan 31 - Feb 13The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! JAN 31: Today in 1985, Foreigner was at #1 with the rock ballad “I Want To Know What Live Is”. It remains their biggest hit to date. FEB 9: Sadly, Mary Wilson on The Supremes has passed away at age 76. She was a co-founder of the ground breaking all-female group. Wilson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with her fellow Supremes in 1988. RIP FEB 10: Toda...
MusicGoldmine Donates Items For Sweet Relief Musicians CharityUnable to tour, many musicians have been especially challenged during the COVID-19 crisis. For every Beyonce or Bruce Springsteen, there are thousands of professional musicians for whom live performances provide their sole source of income. MusicGoldmine.com donated a Jimi Hendrix package, consisting of a pair of our items to raise funds for Sweet Relief, a 501(c)(3) charity helping musicians in need. 100% of the funds raised by the sale held May 9 went to the charity. The donated items inclu...
This Week In Music History June 21-27The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! JUNE 22: Happy birthday to Cyndi Lauper, born in 1953!🎂🎤 Lauper was the first female artist to have their debut album produce four top five hits on the Billboard Hot 100! She has sold over 50 million records worldwide and is 3/4 of the way to achieving EGOT status😯 Photo credit: Tais Melillo [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en] JUNE 24: Happy birthd...
This Week In Music History July 5-11The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! JULY 7: Happy 80th birthday to Ringo Starr, born today in 1940! 🎂🥁 He co-founded his first band in 1957 and in 1962 was invited to join the Beatles. In addition to music, Ringo has acted in many films. Today, he continues to play with his Ringo Starr and Hiss All-Starr Band. JULY 10: Today in 1978, the Starland Vocal Band was at #1 with “Afternoon Delight”. The one hit...
Oasis Isolated Noel Gallagher Guitars and VocalsListen to Noel Gallagher of Oasis on all his guitar tracks (acoustic and rhythm electric parts) on their classic hit "Wonderwall". Great parts that add up to make a great track underneath Liam's vocal. And just for extra fun (and because many non-Oasis fans think Liam sings all their songs!), here is Noel's great vocal track from "Don't Look Back In Anger" isolated as well. These videos work in the U.S. but note that they may not work in other countries. For more c...
Holiday Songs Come Around Every YearIt’s that time of year again when you hear holiday music on every channel and in every store. These are songs that we typically only hear during the holiday season and maybe that’s a good thing. Everyone has their favorite, of course, and each year begins the battle to be the most downloaded and listened to of them all. This year it appears that Mariah Carey is once again the Queen of the Holiday Song with her perennial holiday hit “All I Want For Christmas Is You” at the top the Billboard Ho...