Zero to 180 – Three Minute Magic
One of my favorite Link Wray tunes is one that humorously fuses our two American national anthems — “Dixie” and “Yankee Doodle“: “Dixie Doodle” Link Wray (1958) Interesting to learn that, on the strength of his hugely influential top 40 hit, “Rumble” — a menacing instrumental that was actually banned
You can count on one hand the number of times that reggae singles by Jamaican artists have cracked the Top 40 here in the States: “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker in June, 1969 (#9) and “Double Barrel” by Dave Barker and Ansel Collins in August, 1971 (#22). Two times [*actually, three
There’s something special about the song, “Dimension 5ive” by The 5th Dimension. Lush vocals from start to finish — and yet it’s technically not a “vocal” tune, as there are no lyrics. Yet, neither is it an instrumental. This song is the closing track on the 5th Dimension’s 1970 album,
If you search the web for information about a 1967 album on the World Pacific label by jazz guitar great, Joe Pass – The Stones Jazz – you will generally see uniform agreement that this album was recorded on July 20, 1966. I love that: one day to record an
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