NOVEMBER finds us Spotlighting 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees for induction into the RockHall and Museum at Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to including the new crop of nominees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in our mix this month, we’re giving Extra Plays to GreatGold music artists born in November during years gone by.
SOME OF THE NOVEMBER BORN singers and musicians who are getting Extra Plays of their big hits during this, their Birthday Month, include: BONNIE RAITT; TINA TURNER; BILLY IDOL; PERCY SLEDGE; LULU; ADAM ANT; ART GARFUNKEL of Simon and Garfunkel; PETER NOONE of Herman’s Hermits; BRYAN ADAMS; NICK SIMPER of Deep Purple; DON McDOUGALL of Guess Who; TERRY JOHNSON of The Flamingos; RUBY NASH CURTIS of Ruby and The Romantics; BRIAN HYLAND;
AND: RICKY MARTIN; GLENN FREY of The Eagles and solo; DEE CLARK; JOHNNY RIVERS; TOM FOGERTY of Creedence Clearwater Revival; MARY TRAVERS and PAUL STOOKEY of Peter, Paul and Mary; DAVE LOGGINS; DONNA FARGO; BOOKER T JONES of Booker-T and The MGs; JAY BLACK of Jay and The Americans; RICH GOOCH of Quarterflash; BRUCE HORNSBY; CLYDE McPHATTER; PLUS, Many More November Born Music Stars.
- The Talk Gives Way to New Soap?
“The Talk” is scheduled to be replaced by a new soap opera type program. CBS says the new soap series will follow the lives of a Black family living in a wealthy gated neighborhood, scheduled to debut in January 2025. CBS has taken The Talk tv show off the air. December 20, 2024, was t […]
- Billboard Publisher, Co-Owner, 72, Dies
GREATGOLD NEWS – SAM HOLDSWORTH, former editor-in-chief and publisher of media, music, radio, and entertainment industry news and information publisher, Billboard, died May 18 at 72 of a heart attack. Holdsworth, who was also co-founder of Musician magazine, was part of a consortium that bought Billboard Publications Inc. (BPI) in 1984 from the Littleford family […]
- GreatGold.fm Is Now GreatGoldMusic.com
GREATGOLD NEWS – There is one thing in life that you can always count on and that is “change”. Our GreatGold.fm domain name has changed due to registration expiration at the end of May, 2024 because of an unintended paperwork snafu. As a result of the confusion that developed, we lost the right to […]
- The Who’s Townshend Was Born in May
GREATGOLD – THE WHO’S Pete Townshend, born May 19, 1945, (Picture-right) is one of the many GreatGold Music Stars born during the month of May getting Extra Plays this month as part of The Who, along with the other music stars with May birthdays. See the list of May Birthdays on our GreatGoldMusic.com website, formerly […]
- Twangin’ Duane Eddy Bites the Dust
GREATGOLD NEWS – The GreatGold Music Star behind the Deep Twanging guitar sound heard on many hit songs from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and beyond, Duane Eddy, has passed on to rock and roll heaven. The guitar magic of Duane Eddy can be heard on such hit favs as “Rebel-Rouser” in 1958, “Ramrod” (1958), “Cannonball&rdquo […]
