Sister Rosetta Tharpe recorded “Up Above My Head” with Marie Knight in 1947 for Decca Records. The traditional gospel song was first recorded by the Gospel Sons in 1941 but Tharpe and Knight’s version is the most known. Their rendition reached number 6 on the Billboard Race Records chart inContinue Reading
Fats Domino covered “Blueberry Hill” in 1956 after hearing Louis Armstrong’s version. Sammy Kaye and The Glenn Miller Orchestra also had recordings of “Blueberry Hill,” but it was hearing his fellow New Orleans’ native that convinced Domino to give the song his treatment. He had already asserted himself as oneContinue Reading
Brooklyn rock star Fusilier announces his new album, Ambush, with the video for “Nightmare Muscle.” Fusilier’s latest single is an autobiographical piece about ambition, and the video of him running in a game of cat and mouse was filmed in New York City. He describes Ambush as an attempt toContinue Reading
The Beatles and Capitol Records are celebrating their 60-year partnership and Beatlemania with an exclusive capsule collection from Online Ceramics. The collection comes alongside The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono vinyl box set and the Beatles ’64 documentary produced by Martin Scorsese and directed by David Tedeschi, which isContinue Reading