New Book Collects John Lennon's Essential Interviews
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Rock Reader Books) - JOHN LENNON: The Essential Interviews collects the pop music legend's most candid and inspirational interactions with the media. Available for advanced order and immediate delivery from Rock Reader Books here: (https://www.lulu.com/content/5363419), this ...
| The Only Ones To Re-issue 3 Albums & Tour Dates
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Sony Music) - The Only Ones are a rare example of that magical 'thing' that bands sometimes possess, which encapsulates the whole myth and legend of Rock'n'Roll. Their appeal owed a lot to the charismatic lead singer songwriter Peter Perrett, whose innate decadence and hedonistic ...
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New Book Collects Ramones Essential Interviews
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Rock Reader Books) - A new book collects three decades worth of essential interviews with America's original punk rock trailblazers will be available January 5, 2009. RAMONES: INTERVIEWS (Rock Reader Books) - available for preview and immediate purchase here (https://www.lulu.com/content/5566468) ...
| The Stooges' Ron Asheton Dies
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Stooges Official Website) - Stooges cofounder and BMI songwriter Ron Asheton was found dead Tuesday, January 6 in his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was 60 years old. A guitarist whose thick riffs both drove and anchored the Stooges, his originality subsequently grafted what ...
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WAR To Break Out At Latino Inaugural Gala On Heels of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nomination
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ Lobeline Communications) - Multi-platinum, multi-cultural recording group WAR will perform live in Washington's historic Union Station for the Latino Inaugural Gala - 'Renewing America's Promise, Celebrando el Cambio' two days before the inauguration, January 18, 2009 ...
| Influential Guitarist, Songwriter & Producer Delaney Bramlett Dies
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ BMI) - Singer, producer and longtime BMI songwriter Delaney Bramlett died Saturday, December 27 in Los Angeles. He was 69 years-old. Revered as one-half of Delaney & Bonnie, the duo which he cofounded with his then wife Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell, Bramlett influenced icons including ...
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Priscilla Presley To Celebrate Elvis' Birthday And The 70th Anniversary Of Graceland
Rossville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Beckwith Company) - Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.: WHEN/WHERE: January 8, 2009 9:30 a.m. Elvis Presley Day Ceremony on the front steps of Graceland The traditional ceremony with a special program hosted by Priscilla Presley, along with Graceland/EPE officials, ...
| The Nighthawks Explore American Landscape On New CD, Due February 3, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ Powerhouse Records) - The Nighthawks, one of the premier seminal American roots bands of the past 35 years, will release their first studio album in five years, American Landscape, on February 3, 2009 via Powerhouse Records, distributed nationally by Redeye. The new CD ...
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'No Line On The Horizon' Will Be Available In Five Formats
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Interscope Records) - U2's new album No Line On The Horizon, will be available in five formats. All five will be released March 3, 2009. The album is available for gifting on amazon.com NOW! Album Versions below: � Standard jewel case - with album CD and 24 page booklet ...
| Feisty Piranhas Selected A 'Top 100 Artist' By Music Connection
VENTURA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Feisty Piranhas Official Website) - Multi-award-winning Southern California rock group Feisty Piranhas have been selected as a 'Top 100 Unsigned/Independent Artist for 2008' by respected national trade publication, MUSIC CONNECTION, in their year-end December issue. Feisty ...
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Original Master Recording Bob Dylan On EBay
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ eBay) - A piece of American Musical History is on eBay. One of the multi-track master tapes from Bob Dylan's 'Nashville Skyline' album recorded at Columbia Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee on February 14, 1969. This Original Master contains five never before heard out-takes ...
| Rock Band This World Fair Releases Debut Album December 16, 2008
Minneapolis, MN. (Top40 Charts/ This World Fair Official Website) - Minneapolis-based rock band This World Fair releases a self-titled debut album on December 16, 2008 on CSB Entertainment. The band is led by Minneapolis native Chris Kalgren, who writes and performs original music under the stage name ...
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Punk/Rock Band Stark Really 'Puts It To Your Head' On New CD
Jacksonville, FL. (Top40 Charts/ By Laura Jenney/ Mindsweep Entertainment & Promotions) - If EVER there was a punk/hard rock band deserving of both national and worldwide attention and acclaim, (in both my professional and personal opinion as both a music industry exec and a lover of great music); as ...
| Doobie Brothers Signed By ACT Productions To Headline Seminole Hard Rock Orange Bowl Halftime Show
MIAMI, FL. (Top40 Charts/ ACT Productions) - ACT Productions, producer of the upcoming Seminole Hard Rock Orange Bowl Halftime Show, just announced it has signed world famous rock band The Doobie Brothers as the headlining act for the nationally televised January 1st, 2009 South Florida tradition during ...
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Christian Rock Legend Returns With New Single; Album
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ dPulse Recordings) - As lead vocalist and frontman of PETRA during that band's rise to the forefront of the CCM scene, Greg X. Volz is widely recognized as one of the genre's founding artists. With over 7 million albums sold, numerous No 1 singles, 3 GRAMMY Awards and ...
| Guitar Center Announces The Six Finalists For The World's Largest Drum Competition
Hollywood, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Guitar Center) - After months of local and regional competitions held at each of Guitar Center's 214 stores across the country, the top six undiscovered drummers in the nation have been selected from a field of nearly 5,000 competitors. The six finalists will go head to ...
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Big Shanty Is Sold Out On New CD Release Coming From King Mojo Records On January 6, 2009
Vinings, GA. (Top40 Charts/ King Mojo Records) - Among the special guests joining the incendiary guitar work and vocals of Big Shanty are the legendary Col. Bruce Hampton, guitarist Liz Melendez and guitarist Spencer Kirkpatrick a founding member of seminal Atlanta blues/rock band, Hydra. Sold Out was ...
| Welcome To The Dawghouse: Jackdawg Featuring Former Members Of Creedence Clearwater Revival & The Doobie Brothers Has Arrived
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ SonicPast Music) - SonicPast Music announces the release of Jackdawg, the self-titled release from classic rock heroes John McFee (Doobie Brothers/Clover), Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) and the late Keith Knudsen (Doobie Brothers.) The never-before-released ...
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From 'Day Tripper' To One Day In A Life Twenty-Five Year Detour Leads Bill Wren Back To Music
VALLEY MILLS, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Bill Wren Official Website) - Bill Wren was only fourteen when The Beatles took the stage on the Ed Sullivan Show. It wasn't long before he bought a bass guitar at a local music store and learned to play. In high school, Bill and his band performed the Fab Four's 'Day ...
| Moody McArdle - DEBUT Album Fractured Soul
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Moody McArdle Official Website) - 'Fractured Soul' is the fascinating debut album by Moody McArdle, a work steeped in a gritty songwriter style with a commercial rock sound and influenced at every turn by Tommy McArdle's day job. Tommy works in the underbelly of city living ...
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