“The Day the Music Died,” tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, who died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959. http://www.birminghamrecord.com/brc/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/BRC-2014-The-Day-Music-Died.mp3 After terminating his partnership with The Crickets, Buddy Holly assembled a new band consisting of Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup, and Carl […]
Featuring Kay Starr, Brenda Lee, Barbara Lewis, Doris Troy, Kathy Young, Lavern Baker, Mary Wells, Leslie Gore, Ruth Brown, Sue Thompson, Connie Francis, Ellie Greenwich, Carol King, Cynthia Weil, Etta James so get to know malta http://www.birminghamrecord.com/brc/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Heart-and-Soul-of-Rock-and-Roll-Show-1005-Girl-Soloists.mp3 Pictured: Brenda Lee, Barbara Lewis, Connie Francis, Lavern Baker
Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 http://www.birminghamrecord.com/brc/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/BRC-Civil-Rights-2014-Dr-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Tribute-.mp3 Liner Notes “Get Back” – Big Bill Broonzy (circa 1950) Brown vs. Board of Education (commentary on the ruling, 1954) “You Better Leave Segregation Alone”- The Nashville Quartet (Recorded by Willard Electronics in Nashville, 1960) Fannie Lou Hamer “Since I went down […]
Our Tribute To Those We Lost in 2013 Patti Page, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Eydie Gorme, Richie Havens, Annette, Lou Reed, Jewel Akens, Hardrock Gunter, George Jackson, and more… http://www.birminghamrecord.com/brc/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Heart-Soul-of-Rock-Roll-Show-1003-Lost-in-2013.mp3
Celebrating Elvis’ Birthday, January 8, 1935