Neil Diamond – Jingle Bell Rock
The Childhood Memory That Made Neil Diamond Choose “Jingle Bell Rock”. The rock ’n’ roll Christmas song that shaped the boy from Brooklyn — long before he ever celebrated Christmas.…
Tom Jones – Show Me (The Dusty Springfield Show, 1967)
The Song He Sang for the Girl He Never Had a Chance to Love Before Tom Jones became a star, there was one girl whose name he never said out…
Tom Jones & The Senators – Chills & Fever (The Beat Room, 1964)
The Moment “Chills & Fever” Lifted Tom Jones Out of His Struggling Years in Wales Before the world heard “It’s Not Unusual,” before Tom Jones became the roaring voice of…
Tom Jones & Big John Sullivan – Patches (This Is Tom Jones TV Show, 1970)
The Moment Tom Jones Nearly Broke Down Singing “Patches” with Big John Sullivan – A Son’s Promise to His Father In 1970, during an episode of This Is Tom Jones,…
Tom Jones and the moment he quietly revealed an artist’s loneliness – through “Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay” (1992)
In Episode 3 of Tom Jones: The Right Time (1992), viewers witnessed a different Tom Jones — quieter, gentler, stripped of the explosive charisma that once defined him. When he…
NEAR WIN: In 1981, Neil Diamond Nearly Secured a Major Billboard Award — Until Last-Minute Rule Changes Shifted the Outcome
In the weeks leading up to the 1981 Billboard awards, industry insiders spoke in unusually confident tones about Neil Diamond’s chances of taking home one of the night’s major honors.…
BANNED THEN BOOMED: A Major Radio Station Rejected Shania Twain’s 1997 Single for Being “Too Un-Country” — Three Months Later, It Became a Global Hit
When Shania Twain’s 1997 single first reached the programming office of one of the largest country radio stations in the United States, the reaction was immediate and unusually blunt. The…
MISSED COLLAB: Neil Diamond and Carole King Nearly Co-Wrote a Song in 1970 — but Scheduling Conflicts Ended the Chance
The near-collaboration between Neil Diamond and Carole King in 1970 didn’t dissolve in a dramatic argument, creative clash, or contract dispute. It slipped away quietly, undone by timing, travel schedules,…
LOST NIGHT: Tina Turner’s 1992 Private Zurich Concert Was Never Filmed — Fans Still Call It the Most Famous “Ghost Show” of Her Career
The most talked-about Tina Turner performance of 1992 is the one no camera ever captured and no official record acknowledges. It took place in a private Zurich hall normally reserved…
REJECTED MIX: A Powerful 1988 Dance Remix by Tina Turner Was Shelved by the Label — Later Praised by Young DJs as “20 Years Ahead of Its Time”
The story of Tina Turner’s rejected 1988 dance remix begins in a London studio tucked behind an unmarked door, where two young producers were experimenting with a hybrid sound that…