Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan in 1915. Raised in Baltimore, Maryland, she began singing in jazz nightclubs as a teenager. Eventually moving to New York with her mother, Holiday never learned to read music and had no professional training, however her prodigious talent quickly found her performing in Harlem's best jazz clubs. Discovered in 1933 by producer John Hammond, eighteen-year-old Holiday went from singing in Harlem to recording her debut on a Benny Goodman session. She partnered with saxophonist Lester Young in 1936. Young, who gained popularity as a member of Count Basie's orchestra, would be the source of Holiday's famous nickname, "Lady Day."
In early 2010, musician Ben Schneider returned from L.A. to his home state of Michigan and recorded 3 songs. Those tracks would end up serving as Lord Hurons's first EP Into the Sun. As the record began to gain traction, Schneider put a band together to take the show on the road. By the end of 2010, Lord Huron was steadily touring and had released a second EP entitled Mighty. The debut full-length, Lonesome Dreams, followed in 2012 after they signed to indie label Iamsound Records. The album rose all the way to #3 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart after selling 3,000 copies in the first week.
On August 21, 1987, Elektra Records released The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited By Metallica. The EP consisted entirely of covers of heavy metal and punk songs from the late 1970's through the early 1980's, and was recorded over a six day period in Los Angeles. Scheduled to play the '87 Monsters of Rock festival in England, the band's label in the UK, Vertigo Records, suggested that Metallica release an EP for the festival. This is the first recording to feature Jason Newsted on bass since the death of Cliff Burton. In many ways, it was this recording that put away any concern fans and critics had about the band's ability to recover from the loss of Burton.
John Prine's professional career began in 1970, when he signed with Atlantic Records and released his self-titled debut. Prine has always been an "artist's artist" and has constantly found himself surrounded by other artists that range from folk and country to rock and roll. He has influenced countless musicians throughout the years. In the 1970's, artists like Kris Kristofferson and Steve Goodman were drawn to his songs. Bob Dylan spoke of Prine fondly. In 1975, on his album Common Sense, his last record for Atlantic, he had guest contributions from Bonnie Raitt, Glenn Fry, Jackson Brown and Steve Goodman.
The Vaccines formed in West London in 2010. After working for a while to craft their sound, the band uploaded a demo of one of their early songs, "If You Wanna" to Youtube. The song took off. BBC radio host Zane Lowe (who's show helped usher in the careers of bands like The Killers) wrote on the BBC website in August of 2010 that ''The Vaccines 'If You Wanna' is like some long lost pop gem." He went on to describe it as "an instant vintage classic."
April marks a pretty great addition to the monthly B.T.R.C. subscription service. We added "Classic Rock" as a new style / genre for our subscribers to choose from each month. April also marked the 2018 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Inductee ceremony. One of this year's recipients was The Cars. We cant think of a better way to launch our new style than with the reissued, expanded edition of Heartbeat City. The album was originally released in 1984, and was the 5th album from The Cars, coming off the 1981 release of Shake It Up. That album delivered the band's first Billboard top ten hit. The title track, "Shake It Up", went #4 on Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on Mainstream Rock. The band had some other minor radio placement with tracks off the '81 release, but none went as high as "Shake It Up". The band took a break after the "Shake It Up Tour" ended in 1982 and both Ric Ocasek and Greg Hawkes released solo projects.
You may not know it, but we almost never had a Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats to groove with! In 2015, just before his first single "S.O.B." hit #1 on the US AAA Chart, Rateliff was prepared to hang it all up and return to his previous career as a gardener. The group's self-titled first album, released in June of 2015 on legendary Memphis soul label Stax Records, propelled them into the spotlight, solidifying Rateliff's decision to stick with writing music.
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