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08/09/2025

Rogues of Chaos are ready to rock you next Thursday at 9:00, Hollywood! Join us for a great show with Pat Travers and other excellent bands!

08/09/2025

On this day in 1958, a 17-year-old Cliff Richard signed a record deal with EMI... Here we take a look at the story behind his classic debut long-player https://www.vintagerockmag.com/2020/07/classic-album-cliff-cliff-richard-and-the-drifters/

08/06/2025

A fabulous shot of The Contours outside Hitsville USA in 1966, which was two years before lead singer Dennis Edwards, front right in the photo, left the group to replace David Ruffin in The Temptations, the group disbanded shortly after. However they had a hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1970 with a re-release of "Just A Little Misunderstanding" and in the early 1970s, founding member Joe Billingslea resurrected the group and began performing at local clubs around Detroit.
Originally released in 1966 as a B side and co-written by Stevie Wonder, featuring Levi's brother Jo Stubbs on lead vocals, "Just a Little Misunderstanding". (Great old video clip).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8-XH4QFieo

08/05/2025

08/04/2025

This month in 1962, chauffeured his friend and bandmate to a recording session at . While Jenkins failed to make an impression, the fledgling label allowed Redding to perform an original song of his, called “These Arms of Mine.”

Needless to say, the entire room was impressed and the 20-year-old singer had a recording contract in hand by the end of the week. In October of '62, the track was released as a single, selling more than 800,000 copies. It would become one of Redding’s most successful releases and one of Stax’s first big hits.