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Music History: Bruce Springsteen Auditions For John Hammond In 1972
Photo by Getty Images Timing is everything. When [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Bruce Springsteen[/lastfm] scored an interview with legendary Columbia Records talent scout [lastfm...
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Big Classic Rock Producer Dies…
Don DeVito, who produced Bob Dylan’s classic albums Blood on the Tracks and Desire, has died at the age of 72. The longtime Columbia Records executive also worked with Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel,...
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Columbia Becomes World’s First Record Company, Holly Records Last Songs,...
The Columbia Phonograph Company started selling Thomas Edison’s phonograph cylinders and players today in 1889. Named for it’s hometown the District of Columbia, the company would be the first to sell...
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Trouble With Airplanes And Neckties: This Day In Classic Rock [Video]
Bob Dylan’s debut album was released in the U.S. of A. today in 1962. Containing two original songs and a bunch of folk standards, it didn’t sell well at all, becoming known around the Columbia Records...
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Drunks Beat The Pistols, Sir Paul Hits 71: This Day In Classic Rock [Video]
Columbia Records started mass production of 12-inch “Long Playing” (LP) vinyl discs that played at 33 1/3 RPM today in 1948. The new format contained up to 23 minutes of sound per side, 20 m0re than...
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Buddy Invades Britain, Airplane Becomes Starship, And Goodbye Randy Rhodes:...
Buddy Holly played two shows at a movie theater in Hull, Yorkshire England tonight in 1958 on his only trip there. Contrary to popular belief, John Lennon and Paul McCartney didn’t see him live. Though...
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Buddy’s First Single, Bob’s Second Album, And The Pistols Make England Angry:...
Buddy Holly and the Crickets released their first single today in 1957. That’ll Be The Day was the often-repeated comedic catch phrase of the John Wayne film The Searchers, which Buddy and bandmates...
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Do You Still Need Him? Will You Still Feed Him? Paul Is 72: This Day In...
Columbia Records began full scale production of the 33 1/3 RPM “Long Playing” record today in 1948. Only slightly larger than the 10 inch 78 RPM single, it could hold 23 minutes of music per side,...
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