The Troggs’ Wild Thing was at the top of the charts on this day in 1966. Some people, however, may prefer Mr. Hendrix’s version. The song actually...
Category - Historical
The earliest sound recording was made in 1857 by Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville, a Parisian. Wikipedia, as usual, offers the details on de...
…Hard to believe. Here is Run DMC’s performance. The dual concerts, which were driven by The Boomtown Rats’ Bob Geldof, were held at Wembley...
The New York Times offers an interesting article on Woody at 100, a three-CD boxed set from the Smithsonian Institution. The story mentions Guthrie’s...
This is from This Day in Music.com entry for July 10, 1987: Producer and record company executive John Hammond died. He brought Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan...
I bet people who were around during World War II would say this song sums up many of the emotions of those times, especially when things looked bleakest. The...
Editor’s note: The Daily Music Break often re-posts music from earlier in the site’s run. This post initially appeared on April 13, 2012. Jay...