No R&R HOF for him as well as Connie Francis, Tommy James, and many deserving other artists. All wrong! Ron Alexenburg ___________________________________ Hi Bob. We all have our pet artist (and pet peeve) who hasn’t made it into the RRHOF and number one on my list is Neil Sedaka. How is Percy Sledge in the […]

“I Want to Hold Your Hand” – The Beatles – January ’64 “Glad All Over” – Dave Clark Five – March 1964 “Needles and Pins” – The Searchers – March 1964 “Little Children” Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas – May 1964 “Bad to Me” – Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas – May 1964 […]

Screw the reviews. You know if you have to see this. And if you do… There’s a starmaking machinery behind the popular song. Image is important. You’re never truly let inside. Unless you are. Those Rick Rubin interviews were fantastic, but Paul was playing a role, a Beatle. But who is this guy really? I […]

He was a nice guy. And many of our musical heroes are not. By time the Beatles hit… Neil Sedaka was in the rearview mirror. And if you were of a certain age, and I mean young, you were clueless as to his success, which peaked in 1962, with “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.” […]