GREATGOLD NEWS – The 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees list includes some of the biggest music stars many expected to be on the top in the final tally following the earlier announcement of qualified nominees. The 2022 performer “inductees” officially announced on the rockhall.com website gives the nod to Pat Benatar and guitarist Neil Giraldo, who powered the Benatar sound. Their musical partnership “together, created a sound that deeply impacted the landscape of the 1980s.” Other winners who withstood the test of the tabulation, include Lionel Ritchie, Carly Simon, and the bands Duran Duran, Eurythmics, and Judas Priest, plus Dolly Parton, and Eminem, whose tunes rocked the hearts of fans in many categories.
- Fan Voting Open for 2025 RockHall InducteesPosted by GreatGold on February 13, 2025 at 1:05 am
GreatGold News – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Cleveland, Ohio, USA is seeking fan votes for the latest crop of inductees to the Rock Hall of Fame. There are a number of mainline heavy weights up for election, including Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper and Bad Company. […]
- British Invasion’s Faithful Sweetheart Dies at 78Posted by GreatGold on February 1, 2025 at 10:32 pm
GREATGOLD NEWS – Singer, songwriter, and actress Marianne Faithfull, passed away January 30, 2025 at the age of 78. She rose to fame in the 1960s with the hit song “As Tears Go By,” written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Andrew Loog Oldham. Her career took a downturn in the 1970s due to struggles […]
- Sam Moore of Sam and Dave, GonePosted by GreatGold on January 13, 2025 at 12:13 am
GREATGOLD NEWS – 1960s Rock and R & B star Sam Moore, 89, has left this earthly world after complications following surgery. Sam Moore is best known in GreatGold music circles as the original half of the Sam and Dave duo who recorded the often heard “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Coming” and other […]
- Only Peter, Paul and Mary’s Paul RemainsPosted by GreatGold on January 7, 2025 at 11:05 pm
GREATGOLD NEWS – ANOTHER MEMBER of one of the greatest trios of the 1960s and 1970s, Peter Yarrow, has passed away at 86, after a four-year battle with bladder cancer. Peter Yarrow was one of the talented people from the iconic trio known as Peter, Paul and Mary, and the writer of songs sung by […]
- The Talk Gives Way to New Soap?Posted by GreatGold on December 20, 2024 at 11:05 pm
“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, DiesPosted by GreatGold on June 15, 2024 at 1:37 am
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 […]
