A KOOL Day for Music
Song that highlights the nostalgia of Christmas’ long ago that was written by Irving Berlin and has become THE iconic holiday classic that got its own category for all the music charts as the most played song ever recorded.
McKenna Esteb and The Silent Film Club Say Goodbye
McKenna Esteb and The Silent Film Club’s time together gives us a glimpse into music-making that is not generally highlighted— a creative output meant for a specific duration of time and knowing when that time has ended.
A KOOL Day for Music
Traditional Christmas song that was co-written by a jazz singer/songwriter one hot July day and has been recorded by many different artists through the years.
Plum Vision Stays Winning
While Plum Vision is holding up the ideals of the riot grrrl movement, it would be a mistake to categorize them as yet another guitar-heavy girl band.
A KOOL Day for Music
An unfinished song written by Stevie Wonder who couldn’t find the right lyrics until he brought it to the Motown records 1966 Christmas party. The song was finished when inspiration struck Smokey Robinson.
A KOOL Day for Music
It seems that everyone who was involved with making this record wanted to shelve it. A song that was written for the 1982 film ‘Officer and a Gentlemen’ proved to be better that any of the music professionals knew.
Dehd Grows Up and Finds Peace
“Creating two or three minute songs that you can live inside of is definitely our aim.”
A KOOL Day for Music
Song that dealt with controversial themes for 1968 that was recorded by Motown girl-group that was missing two of its original members.
A KOOL Day for Music
Child star turned teen idol who had a string of hits in the 1950’s found himself out of demand in the 60’s. One concert event brought him back into the spotlight that made respectable showing on the Pop, Easy-Listening and Country charts.
GA-20 Does Not Care About Your 20-Minute Guitar Solos
“If you don’t like the blues, you’re listening to the wrong shi—”
A KOOL Day for Music
With the short run-up to Halloween week, we compiled the short list of some of the scary pop songs from the 1960’s . With apologies to Dr. Demento.
A KOOL Day for Music
A number one song October 1974 that came from a child prodigy keyboardist that never took a lesson whose work can be found on other artists records.
A KOOL Day for Music
What happens to songs that don’t make it onto the current album? They are either thrown out or shelved for a new idea. In this case, the song sat on a shelf for four years before becoming one of the signature songs for The Rolling Stones.
blink-182 and Tom DeLonge are Back
blink-182 has become one of the most influential bands of the late ‘90s and probably the most popular pop-punk band of all time.
A KOOL Day for Music
Song that came from a band that was formed in Spain that had a German lead singer who could sing in English that sounded like the American singer, Gene Pitney.
A KOOL Day for Music
What do you do with unfinished parts of songs? Turn it into one song that became Paul McCartney’s first American hit as a solo artist.
Jango Wants to Make Music With You
“We’re friends, right?”
Alien Boy Dreams About A Guitar Rock Takeover With All Of Their Friends
All I want in my “big” life is to be able to do just this for a couple of years. I do not need it to be the rest of my life, but just to be able to go all in and really see it through.
A KOOL Day for Music
Song that cemented a Nashville secretary as an international recording artist as well as crossing over different music charts in September 1968.
A KOOL Day for Music
The Supremes’ song Reflections broke the Motown mold in 1967 with a venture into psychedelic sounds that were being used by many well established pop bands.