History of The Beatles Book: Fab 4 Time Capsules From 1963 OnThe Beatles Book was a series of magazines about the Beatles that was published from 1963 through 2003, which some interruptions along the way. The magazines contained photos and stories of the group from its earliest days and helped drive the mania that surrounded the Beatles as their popularity grew. The publication was founded in 1963 by Sean O'Mahony (1932-2020), who had worked in the music business since the 1950s after first running a coffee bar. By the early 1960s he had become the...
This Week In Music History Oct 4-10The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! OCT 5: Happy birthday to Steve Miller, born today in 1943! The singer songwriter is best known for fronting his own band, the Steve Miller Band. He had major hits in the 70s and 80s, including “The Joker”, “Fly Like An Eagle”, “Jet Airliner”, and “Abracadabra “. OCT 6: Sadly, Eddie Van Halen has passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer. RIP. Photo credit: Carl L...
This Week In Music History Oct 11-17The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! OCT 11: Happy birthday to Daryl Hall, born today in 1946! The singer songwriter and musician is best known as one half of the duo Hall & Oates. He has also performed solo and currently hosts the popular music series “Daryl’s House”. Photo credit: Matthew Becker [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en] OCT 17: Today in 1965, The Beatles were at #1 with ...
This Week In Music History Oct 25-31The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! OCT 25: Today in 1978, Nick Gilder was at #1 with “Hot Child In The City”. He first went to #1 with the band Sweeney, but this was his first solo trip to the top of the charts. OCT 30: Happy birthday to Grace Slick, born today in 1939! The singer-songwriter lead Jefferson Airplane and its subsequent configurations of Jefferson Starship and Starship from 1966 to her ret...
This Week In Music History Sept 20-26The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! SEPT 22: Happy birthday to Joan Jett, born today in 1958!🎂🎸🎤 The rocker was rejected by 23 labels for her self-debut, so she formed her own label with Kenny Laguna. Photo credit: Jessie Pearl [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en] SEPT 25: Sadly today in 1980, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin died. The legendary drummer has been an influence on the generation...
This Week In Music History Sept 27-Oct 3The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! SEPT 30: Sadly, the music world lost Helen Reddy and Mac Davis yesterday. Both singers were 78. Each contributed to music in the early 70’s, Reddy with her empowerment anthem “I Am Woman” and Davis with his songwriting crossover hits like “In The Ghetto”, written for Elvis. RIP😢 OCT 1: Today in 1984, Prince was at #1 with “Let’s Go Crazy”. 💜 It became his second time a...
Stellar Collection Of Rolling Stones Items Up For Sale: UpdatedMusicGoldmine.com has recently acquired, from numerous different sources around the world including Stones bassist Bill Wyman himself, a varied selection of truly stellar, one-of-a-kind Rolling Stones memorabilia items. Wyman is well-known to be a serious and committed collector of memorabilia from his own group, with which he played bass and provided other musical contributions on every album and toured the world with for over three decades from 1962-1993. He recently decided to part with th...
Top 10 Most Expensive Guitars Ever SoldGuitars, despite their wood, metal and wire construction, have always had a human quality to them. Guitarists who hold one in their hands for enough years will tell you that they become extensions of themselves. Rough edges get smoothed. Spots get worn. Belt buckle rash appears. Their wood gets stained with sweat, booze, even blood (just ask Pete Townshend). They've traveled the world. They've been played on countless stages and studios. And so by now they're just about perfect. A...
This Week In Music History Dec 6 - 19The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! DEC 12: Happy 80th birthday to Dionne Warwick, born today in 1940! She is one of the most-charted females of all-time with 80 singles (solo and collaborations) making the Billboard Hot 100, R&B, and/or Adult Contemporary charts! DEC 15: Today in 1977, the Sex Pistols were denied entry into the US. They were set to make an NBC tv appearance. But, due to Johnny Rotte...
This Week In Music History Sept 6-12The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! SEPT 7: Happy birthday to Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, born today in 1951!🎂🎤🎸 The singer-songwriter and musician is one of the founders of the rock band the Pretenders, as well as the only constant member of the group. In 2005, Hynde along with her band mates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Photo credit: Harmony Gerber [https://creativecommons.or...
This Week In Music History Aug 23-29The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! AUG 24: Today in 1963, Stevie Wonder became the first artist to go to the top of the charts on the US album and singles charts in the same week!🎶🎤🎶 The LP was Little Stevie Wonder/The 12 Year Old Genuis and the single at #1 was “Fingertips Part 2”. AUG 27: Happy birthday to Alex Lifeson of Rush, born today in 1953!🎂🎸 In 1968, Lifeson co-founded the band that would go o...
This Week In Music History Sept 13-19The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! SEPT 15: Today in 1985, Dire Straits were at #1 with “Money For Nothing”. A song that was perfect for the blossoming video age in the mid-80’s its not surprising that it went to the top of the charts. It was the first video to air when MTV Europe debuted in 1987. SEPT 19: Happy birthday to Lita Ford, born today in 1958! 🎂🎸🎤 Ford was the lead guitarist for the all-femal...