Celebrating the music that shaped our lives. The 50's. The 60's. The 70's. We give you the latest news from your favorite artists & track down those in obscurity!
The music world has suffered two huge losses in two days. Yesterday, it was Dick Clark. Today, it is the drummer and singer of one of the great bands of all-time, a friend and colleague of Bob Dylan, and a part-time actor whose most notable role came in a movie about music, as Loretta Lynn's father in Coal Miner's Daughter.
Golden Hits Radio salutes Levon Helm of The Band, who passed on to rock and roll heaven today at the age of 71.......
How did the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees react to the news that they were in? We get it straight from the source with Dr. John, Alice Cooper, Darlene Love, and Neil Diamond!
Remember the rather bizarre pairing of Bing Crosby and David Bowie that produced "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy" for a TV special in 1977? It's parodied by two Hollywood heavyweights here.
Natalie Cole - Christmas With The Tabernacle Choir - PBS (check local listings)
Barbra Streisand - Larry King Live - CNN (9:00 Eastern/8:00 Pacific)
Roger Waters - Conan - TBS (11:00 Eastern/10:00 Central)
Ronnie Spector - Late Show With David Letterman - CBS (11:35 Eastern/10:35 Pacific)
Annie Lennox - Late Night With Jimmy Fallon - NBC (12:35 Eastern/11:35 Pacific)
A Shot At The Title
All this week, Everything Oldies will play "What if?", as we spotlight songs with their original working titles. Imagine what a different world we'd live in if the most covered song of all time were The Beatles' classic, "Scrambled Eggs".....which was the original working title of......"Yesterday". Enjoy the stories behind the titles.....and why they changed.
The title of this 1959 hit was changed due to the founder of the record label of which it was released (which was founded by a Seattle DJ for the sole purpose of distributing music made by a single act) thinking the original title would be too suggestive, thus turning off AM radio DJs. So "Come Softly" became a smash for The Fleetwoods as..........
Omnipresent 80's musical maven Phil Collins was in the process of producing and playing drums on the debut solo album of one of the lead vocalists for Earth, Wind, and Fire. He approached bassist Nathan East and mentioned that the album lacked a hit single. They set out to remedy that by playing around with a piano riff in the studio with the singer adding the words "Choosy Lover" over it. Realizing they had a hit, Collins agreed to join the up and coming artist on the finished version, further enhancing the chances of the song being a hit. It was a Top 5 smash for Philip Bailey once "Choosy Lover" morphed into...........
Singer/songwriter Walter Egan had a rough outline of a song he planned to call "Don't Turn Away Now". He had some of the biggest names in music at the time behind his debut album, including co-producer Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks providing background vocals. He developed a crush on Nicks, and the song evolved to be about her. He developed a metaphor about the attraction between two people, and "Don't Turn Away Now" became.........
