How Johnny Rivers got his stage name, and by what famous (In-The-Rock-And-Roll-Hall-Of-Fame-Famous) Disc Jockey.  Plus how he found one of his most iconic songs while touring Great Britain.

Nov 1, 2020

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Shirley Alston Reeves, lead singer of The Shirelles, didn’t think Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow would be a hit.  Ultimately it spent two weeks at Number One in early 1961.  In this clip, Shirley spoke with me by phone about why  she really really didn’t want to record this composition by a then relatively-unknown Carole King, with […]

Sep 1, 2020

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Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean talks about* Recording Surf City,* The very bizarre story that resulted in the duo being barred from the movie set of a film they had recorded the hit title track for,* Jan Berry’s horrendous car accident (and how he, Dean, found out about it), and* The arrival of The […]

Jul 1, 2020

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The lead singer of Herman’s Hermits (Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter, I’m Henry VIII, I Am, There’s A Kind of Hush) talks with Dan Markus about touring with The Who (and Keith Moon’s birthday, um, celebration … you can imagine … ), some of the famous studio musicians heard on some of their records, his Sirus XM […]

Jun 1, 2020

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Dean Torrence talks about … how he came to sing lead on a big Beach Boys hit AND about the time Jan and Dean showed up for a concert and there were no cars in the venue’s parking lot AND why they were banned from the movie set of “Ride the Wild Surf” even though […]

Jun 1, 2020

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