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On November 22nd 1968 The Beatles released their only double studio album and the first on their newly created label Apple, self titled “The Beatles”, more commonly known as “The White Album”. We revisit the 1968 classic album and the impact it had on the band’s career

In 1965 with the British Invasion on full gas, The Rolling Stones make their debut on the U.S TV in the show “Hullabaloo” performing “She Said Yeah” and  “Get Off Of My Cloud”

The “teen death songs” genre that was bizarrely popular during the early 1960’s, in 1964 the vocal band The Shangri-Las jumped on the band wagon and made one of the most memorable songs within that style, “Leader Of The Pack”

On June 1 Marilyn Monroe would have turned 97, we remember her through her words on 25 quotes, some inspirational, some revealing of who she was, taken from interviews, films, and live statements.

After losing a bet with his friend Elton John who collaborated with him on his No.1 hit “Whatever Gets You Through The Night”, John Lennon made a special appearance on Elton John’s concert at the Madison Square Garden in New York on November 28th, 1974

“Under Pressure” is regarded as one of the finest moments in Rock music due to the vocal power of David Bowie and Freddie Mercury together,know more about how the song came to be

Freddie Mercury embodied the Rock N’ Roll mythical excess during his life. We look back at the different sides of his life on the day that marks the anniversary of his untimely death on November 24th, 1991

Released in 1994, Madonna’s sixth album has its seductive charms, with warm and mellow sounds. Today we look back at Madonna’s “Bedtime Stories”

The “teen death songs” genre that was bizarrely popular during the early 1960’s, in 1964 the vocal band The Shangri-Las jumped on the band wagon and made one of the most memorable songs within that style, “Leader Of The Pack”

Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian who created the iconic character Pee-wee Herman, died Sunday night after a private bout of cancer. He was 70. “Please accept my apology for not going public with what I’ve been facing the last six years,” wrote Reubens in a statement posted to Instagram after his death.

Berry Gordy founded Motown in 1959 and it became one of the world’s biggest music labels with acts such as The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations and The Jackson 5 among many others. Today he turns 94

In April 1960, after Elvis Presley’s two-year service in the United States Army, he recorded ,”Are You Lonesome Tonight? at the suggestion of manager Colonel Tom Parker, the song went No.1 on this day in 1960

“Massachusetts” was part of a hit singles string released by the brothers Gibb between 1967 and 1968 and it peaked to the top of the charts in 1967. We have some curious facts about this classic