In 1983, I was visiting NYC and wandering around Times Square on a daily basis. That's when the movie Flashdance"…
One of the first songs I ever heard on the radio, back in 1966 when I was listening to KPUG,…
Some Call It "Jug Band"and Others Call It "Skiffle" In the sixties, the sound of popular rock music was influenced…
Update: On Oct. 23, 2021, and again at Thanksgiving time in Nov. 2022, Rick Derringer verified at his Facebook page…
How Unusual Can It Get? In November 1965, The Unusuals, a popular garage rock band from Bellingham, WA recorded a…
In 2020, Kirk Wilde drawing on his memory and historical sources traced the roots of homegrown Pacific Northwest rock music…
There were the songs I liked, and then there were the jukebox hits that I heard publicly in restaurants, drive-ins…
After Kirk Wilde left radio (1975), he continued to stay up on music and wrote extensively about everything--including this history.…
I first became aware of singer/songwriter Charlie Rich as a teen, constantly listening to Top-40 Radio, when I heard his…
This was the first song I ever heard by British performer Dusty Springfield. It was also my favorite by Dusty,…