WCBS-FM, One Of New York's Most 'Classic' Icons, Is Back On The FM Dial
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ WCBS-FM) - A little over two years since the radio station's format was changed to JACK FM/adult hits, CBS-FM's legendary sound will mark its return to the New York market beginning on Thursday, July 12 at 1:01PM, ET. Once again the music of the 60s, 70s and 80s will be ...
| Early Zappa And Former Mothers Rarities Now Available From Crossfire Records
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Crossfire Records) - Formidable record label and publishing company, Crossfire Publications, is in the process of releasing a series of recordings from the pre- and post-Mothers of Invention eras, with many unreleased tracks featured. The Pal Recording Studios recordings ...
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SIMON & GARFUNKEL LIVE 1969 - First And Only Official Album To Document 1969 Concert Tour - Arrives In Stores On Sept. 18, 2007
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Legacy Recordings) - In the fall 1969, at the absolute pinnacle of their decade-and-a-half working association, Simon & Garfunkel undertook a major North American tour. It would turn out to mark their final tour together for the next 13 years. Chronologically situated ...
| Power-Pop Pioneers Raspberries To Release 'Live On Sunset Strip' July 31, 2007
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Rykodisc) - On July 31, 2007 Rykodisc will release "Live on Sunset Strip," the first live album and first new release in 33 years from the influential power-pop group Raspberries. Recorded live at the Sunset Strip's famed House of Blues in Los Angeles, CA by Grammy award-winning ...
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The Beatles Love by Cirque Du Soleil Celebrates First Anniversary
LAS VEGAS, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Cirque du Soleil) - Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon, Olivia Harrison and Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte took part in a special dedication ceremony today in honor of John Lennon and George Harrison. Two plaques designed by Cirque du Soleil creators ...
| Dean Martin Is Forever Cool With New All-Star Collaborative Album
HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol/ EMI) - Around the world, entertainment superstar Dean Martin has the market cornered on charisma, easygoing charm, playful wit, and gracious humility, all of which combine to make him infinitely cool. To honor Martin's broad appeal and countless contributions to ...
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Previously Unreleased Kingston Trio Due Out On Collectors Choice
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Conqueroo Music) - Collectors' Choice Music has announced plans to issue a series of unreleased Kingston Trio recordings, beginning with an ending: the last appearance by the Trio's second classic roster - Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane and John Stewart - at the legendary ...
| Four Decades Of Folk Rock Hits Stores September 11, 2007
Fairfax, VA. (Top40 Charts/ Time Life) - Music legend and folk rock icon Bob Dylan coined the zeitgeist of the 1960s when he recorded Like a Rolling Stone. Folk found an unlikely bedfellow in rock 'n' roll when Dylan plugged in, touching off a new genre of music that continues to resonate and reconstruct ...
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THE BEACH BOYS: 'The Warth of The Sun' Hits No 40 on Billboard Top 200
Hollywood, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol Records) - The Beach Boys and Capitol/EMI Music Catalog Marketing are proud to announce that The Warmth Of The Sun, a new collection of 28 career-spanning tracks, has debuted this week at No 40 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Hand-selected and sequenced by The ...
| Deep Purple Gets Simultaneous CD & Double-DVD Treatment On June 12, 2007
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Eagle Rock Entertainment) - Eagle Rock Entertainment, through two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, will release on June 12 They All Came Down To Montreux: Deep Purple Live At Montreux 2006 as a deluxe 187-minute two-DVD set (Eagle Eye Media, $19.98) and CD (Eagle Records, $13.98). ...
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Beau Brummels Covers Album And Reunion Album Reissued On Collectors' Choice Music
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Collectors' Choice Music) - The Beau Brummels are best known for their chart topping 1965 single 'Laugh Laugh' on the indie Autumn label. The band featured a great songwriter in Ron Elliott and a gem of a singer in Sal Valentino, both of whom helmed the group through ...
| Capitol/EMI To Release Swingin' New Hits Collections For Louis Prima & Keely Smith On July 17, 2007
HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol/ EMI) - On July 17, Capitol/EMI will release new single-disc hits collections for Louis Prima and Keely Smith on CD and digitally, featuring the best solo and collaborative work of the formerly married big band and swing music icons. Jump, Jive An' Wail: The ...
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Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Swings Across the Atlantic On Crystal Cruises This Fall
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Crystal Cruises) - Fans of Big Band music and ballroom dancing can swing to the live riffs of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra on a trans-Atlantic Big Band & Ballroom Dance theme cruise aboard Crystal Serenity this fall. Led by the inimitable Buddy Morrow, the orchestra returns ...
| Legendary 10cc Members Reunite To Record New Music
London, UK. (10cc official website) - For the first time in over three decades original 10cc members, Kevin Godley and Graham Gouldman, have reunited to record new music. Best known for such classic 10cc hits as "Rubber Bullets", "I'm Not In Love" and "Things We Do For Love", as well as Godley and Creme's ...
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Collectors' Choice Reissues The Mugwumps' Only Album...Early '60s Folk-Rock Band Featured Cass Elliot, Denny Doherty, Zal Yanovsky And Jim Hendricks
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - The Mugwumps are best known as the band immortalized in autobiographical song by the Mamas & the Papas. Many know of them, but few have heard their one 1967 album for Warner Bros. Records. Until now, that is, as Collectors' Choice Music prepares ...
| 'Elvis At The Movies' Available in Stores and Online June 5th 2007
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ SONY BMG Music Entertainment) - On June 5th, 2007, SONY BMG Music Entertainment will release "Elvis At The Movies" - the most comprehensive Elvis Presley 2 CD movie package ever produced. The double-disc, 40-song collection features some of the popular tunes from Elvis Presley's ...
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The Best Of Elvis Costello In Stores On May 1, 2007!
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Hip-O Records) - On May 1, Hip-O/Universal Music Enterprises will release The Best Of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years and Rock And Roll Music a rock-themed collection of hits, key album tracks, b-sides and previously unreleased rarities. May 1st will also see the digital ...
| Dionne Warwick's Scepter and Warner Bros. Catalogs are Remastered and Reissued by Collectors' Choice Music
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Collectors' Choice Music) - Collectors' Choice is set to reissue ten classic Dionne Warwick albums from the Scepter and Warner Bros. years, all remastered from the original tapes and all with extensive liner notes by Ritchie Unterberger. Featured are the multi-Grammy® ...
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Rhino Readies The Doors
LOS ANGELES (Rhino Records) - The time has come. Rhino has decided to re-release all six doors albums, remastered and with bonus tracks. Check out your nearest retailer this Tuesday for new versions of The Doors, Stranger Days, Waiting For The Sun, The Soft Parade, Morrison Hotel and LA Woman. Reasonably ...
| Former Motown Legends 'Bring Back the Magic'!
DETROIT, MI. (Top40 Charts/ Hitsville Venture, LLC) - Over 40 celebrated musical legends joined with Detroit entrepreneur, Herb Strather to create the world's first online casino and entertainment venue, https://www.HitsvilleCasino.com. The site is the first to create "Entertainment Gaming" featuring ...
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