2 posts tagged ‘music history’
Learn the stories behind the best cover songs of all time
Boing Boing,
They say you can't judge a book by its cover, well, here's a fun book with nothing but covers—musical covers, that is—and the stories behind them. It's "Cover Me" by Ray Padgett. I enjoyed reading about the big hit records that were actually follow-up, "cover" versions of songs previously recorded by others. — Read the rest The post Learn the stories behind the best cover songs of all time appeared first on Boing Boing.
Revisiting the Clash's American debut: The 45th anniversary of "Give 'Em Enough Rope"
Today marks the 45th anniversary of "the only band that matters'" second album, Give 'Em Enough Rope. Released on November 19, 1978, it was the Clash's first album in the United States (the eponymously titled first album, The Clash, hit American record store shelves on July 24, 1979, with 100,000 copies as an import in the interim). — Read the rest