The two biggest releases for Christmas 1970 were George Harrison’s "All Things Must Pass" and "Stephen Stills". That’s how big the southern balladeer was back then, a superstar. Over time he squandered his capital. Oh, he came back eventually, in 1977, with a CSN reunion. But it’s funny how Neil Young is seen as a […]

Clive Davis/Arista/J/RCA albums in the Top 200: #6 – Kelly Clarkson "Breakaway" – 5,813,208 #177 – Barry Manilow "Ultimate Manilow" – 2,069,502 Oh, do you want to credit him with Maroon 5? I’m not down with that, but if you throw that in we’ve got a grand total of 3 continuous sellers in the history […]

They must be getting a mighty big check. And a bunch of TV promotion. Is there a shortage of AC/DC music online? Are people waiting with bated breath for the band’s material to show up on iTunes? Is it like the unavailability of the Dave Clark 5 in the CD era? No. You can easily […]

This blows my mind.I just received the following e-mail: Sharon Lord: I couldn’t get enough of that song. Did you see the video? I loved it because it had the whole Guns’nRoses guitar, he’s got Steven Tyler’s moves…the video is so 80’s MTV and he sings it like a rock star…he gives it everything. It […]