New @ S'pop - Nick De Caro To celebrate what would have been the 70th birthday of legendary producer-arranger Nick De Caro on June 23rd, Spectropop is pleased...
Hola everybody, This week I had a relapse in my obsession with the song "Looking Back". I've always loved this song, but since I heard Ruth Brown's version in...
Spectropoppers: I will be playing DJ on http://www.luxuriamusic.com twice this Sunday (June 1, 2008). At 7AM (PDT) a rerun of my Boyce & Hart spectacular rolls...
Hi Fellow 'Poppers Does anyone out there in the land know anything on Ginny Arnell's CD release on POKER UK? Will it ever see the light of day? I don't have...
Does anyone have any information on when the the book Pop Surf Culture by Domenic Priore and Brian Chidester is scheduled to be released? Amazon states June...
One of the last surviving fathers of rocknroll has now died. Bo Diddley died today at age 79, at his home in Florida. Following are a few thoughts ... Murph...
... Hola Julio. Firstly, glad you like "Where There's Smoke There's Fire". It's been a long time comin' for that project that hopefully will prove to be the...
... Hey Country Paul, I got the same impression as you did watching the show, I'm spoiled from sitting in the audience watching The Royal New York Doo-Wop...
I hate to sound like an ad, but I've have been digging this CD for the past two weeks. The Indie Pop bloggers have been raving about them and I'm surprised...
... Indeed. They had several singles and an album on Dearborn. Somehow they ended up living in upstate New York, where their novelty "Lazy Mary Memphis" got a...
"I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob." -Bo Diddley He was one of the first Rock and Roll Stars I ever...
... Ivan's version was in fact a cover of the song first recorded and written (?) by Australian rocker Johnny O'Keefe, which The Crickets picked up on a tour...
Such sad news - a true originator has gone. On a related note, he was pre-deceased by his co-guitarist, The Duchess (see obits here). Does anybody know what...
... I found "Lazy Mary Memphis" by accident many years ago. The main thing that I think of when I hear it is that they must have had a blast when they cut this...
... We got into town a day early on that Detroit gig, and I met one of the members (guitar man, IIRC). He showed us the house they had rented, and we took the...
... Wes Smith made me aware of "Lazy Mary Memphis." Those who remember Lou Monte's hit "Lazy Mary" would probably appreciate this one the most. It's basically...
... Let's call a spade a spade -- this is current vintage Brian Wilson influenced. I have been pondering which tracks to download. I agree it's pretty good --...
How ya' doin'? Thank you for all the e-mails and calls about my tribute to Bo Diddley. I just found a video with an electrifying performance by him that is...
I think I missed a digest somewhere, but I saw a later comment about Bruce Channel's "Keep On". This came during the '68 bubblegum explosion in the UK, when ...
From last October, a very fun thread at the Guardian's Music Blog: http://tinyurl.com/6xxnng Intro'd by Joseph Ridgwell and subtitled "The Spice Girls reunion...
... Wow! Underappreciated to say the least! This man was a driving force behind a bushel basket of British and American rock in the sixties. I am proud to be ...
... As you may know, there were many Bossmen. One was incorrectly attributed to WI, apparently because of their releases on Lenny LaCour labels. However, those...
We all knew it had to come sometime, still I am deeply saddened by the death this week of one of my greatest musical heroes, the man who called himself Bo...
As a teenager I can remember having a single by Dee Dee Sharp on the VJ label. I believe it was called "I Love You So". Were there any other singles on VJ? Dee...
