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2008 – Robbie Williams’ manager told The Times newspaper that the singer Read more

2008 – Robbie Williams’ manager told The Times newspaper that the singer

2008 – Robbie Williams’ manager told The Times newspaper that the singer would refuse to make another album for his record label EMI, saying he was unhappy after the label was taken over by Terra Firma. Tim Clark told the paper Williams would not deliver a new album because he had no idea how the […]

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2007 – Quiet Riot Singer Kevin DuBrow Died Of Cocaine Overdose: Report Read more

2007 – Quiet Riot Singer Kevin DuBrow Died Of Cocaine Overdose: Report

2007 – Quiet Riot Singer Kevin DuBrow Died Of Cocaine Overdose: Report Coroner said toxicology results, which were released Monday, show that musician died of accidental drug overdose. Two weeks after news of his death first made headlines, the autopsy results on late Quiet Riot frontman Kevin DuBrow — who was found in his Las […]

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2007 – Amy Winehouse cancelled a series of European shows after being admitted to hospital Read more

2007 – Amy Winehouse cancelled a series of European shows after being admitted to hospital

2007 – Amy Winehouse cancelled a series of European shows after being admitted to hospital suffering from “severe exhaustion”. The 23-year-old singer was taken to University College London Hospital and later discharged. In the past few weeks she had pulled out of the T in the Park festival – also citing “exhaustion”, Liverpool’s Summer Pops […]

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2007 – former Mamas and the Papas singer Denny Doherty died Read more

2007 – former Mamas and the Papas singer Denny Doherty died

2007 – former Mamas and the Papas singer Denny Doherty died at the age of 66. He died at his home near Toronto, Canada after a short illness. The group scored the 1966 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Monday Monday.’

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2007 – James ‘Pookie’ Hudson the lead singer of the 50’s doo-wop groups Read more

2007 – James ‘Pookie’ Hudson the lead singer of the 50’s doo-wop groups

2007 – James ‘Pookie’ Hudson the lead singer of the 50’s doo-wop groups the Spaniels died. Their 1954 hit ‘Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight’ was featured in such films as Three Men and a Baby, Diner and American Graffiti.

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2006 – Veteran British singer Rod Stewart is among… Read more

2006 – Veteran British singer Rod Stewart is among…

2006 – Veteran British singer Rod Stewart is among the music industry stalwarts feted in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Stewart is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to music. I get it… Sexy bod… Sexy voice = CBE Go get ’em ROD!

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2006 – James Brown, the singer, songwriter, bandle… Read more

2006 – James Brown, the singer, songwriter, bandle…

2006 – James Brown, the singer, songwriter, bandleader and dancer who indelibly transformed 20th-century music, dies in Atlanta of congestive heart failure after being hospitalized for pneumonia. He is 73.

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2006 – Gospel singer Helen Berhane is released after spending two years Read more

2006 – Gospel singer Helen Berhane is released after spending two years

2006 – Gospel singer Helen Berhane is released after spending two years in a metal shipping container. Berhane was arrested and put into detention in Eritrea for belonging to the banned Rema Church. Helen Berhane (born c. 1975) is a Christian Gospel singer who was a prisoner in Eritrea. Berhane is a member of the […]

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2006 – Kurt Cobain tops Forbes’ list of the top-earning dead rock stars. Read more

2006 – Kurt Cobain tops Forbes’ list of the top-earning dead rock stars.

2006 – Kurt Cobain tops Forbes’ list of the top-earning dead rock stars. No. 2 is Courtney Love. Sorry, that should read “Elvis Presley.” The Nirvana singer’s corpse earned $50 million over the past year.

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2006 – Lead singer Justin Hawkins announces he is leaving mock rockers The Read more

2006 – Lead singer Justin Hawkins announces he is leaving mock rockers The

2006 – Lead singer Justin Hawkins announces he is leaving mock rockers The Darkness (“I Believe in a Thing Called Love”). He blames his addictions to drugs and alcohol for the decision.

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2006 – English songbird Katie Melua performs a concert 303 meters below Read more

2006 – English songbird Katie Melua performs a concert 303 meters below

2006 – English songbird Katie Melua performs a concert 303 meters below sea level. The world’s deepest gig happens at the bottom of an oil rig shaft in the North Sea. Unfortunately, someone lifts Melua back to the surface. Katie Melua has entered the record books by playing the deepest ever gig. Melua set the […]

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2006 – “Careless Whisper” singer George Michael is arrested and charged with drugs Read more

2006 – “Careless Whisper” singer George Michael is arrested and charged with drugs

2006 – “Careless Whisper” singer George Michael is arrested and charged with drugs possession after he is found slumped over the steering wheel of his car in London.

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Cool Rock links

  • Audio Eclecticism in the 60s
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  • Rock ‘n’ Roll Timeline
  • Rock Band, The game
  • Rock Music Time line
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Everything Music

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  • Nutsie
  • PlayGrind
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  • Rock Star Gallery
  • This Day In Rock Merchandise

Historic Bands/Artists that Rock!

  • AC/DC
  • Aerosmith
  • Black Sabbath
  • Boston
  • Def Leppard
  • Fleetwood Mac
  • Heart
  • Journey
  • Judas Priest
  • KISS, and their personal army!

Music Downloads

  • Amazon.com
  • Artist direct
  • CD Baby
  • music.aol.com
  • Napster
  • Pay Play
  • Rhapsody

Music Industry links

  • ASCAP – The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
  • Audio Eclecticism in the 60s
  • Audio Engineering Society
  • BMI – Broadcast Music, Inc.
  • Bradley's School of Music
  • Fender Guitars
  • Grammy Awards
  • Guitar Books
  • Krank
  • Legends Masterclass

Rock Bassists of note

  • Ariane Cap
  • Billy Sheehan
  • Flea(Red Hot Chile Peppers)
  • Geddy Lee
  • John Paul Jones
  • Paul McCartney
  • Ross Valory

Rock Drummers of note

  • Carl Palmer
  • Clive Bunker(Jethro Tull)
  • John Bonham
  • Neil Peart
  • Ringo Starr
  • Steve Smith
  • Tommy Aldridge
  • Tommy Lee

Rock Guitarists of Note!

  • Angus Young
  • Blues Saraceno
  • Brian May
  • Carlos Santana
  • Doug Doppler
  • Eric Clapton
  • George Harrison
  • Jeff Beck
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Jimmy Page

Rock Keyboardists of note

  • Billy Joel
  • Elton John
  • Gregg Rolie
  • Jon Lord
  • Jonathan Cain
  • Keith Emerson
  • Nicky Hopkins
  • Ray Manzarek
  • Rick Wakeman

Rock Singers of Note

  • Ann Wilson
  • Chris Cornell
  • David Bowie
  • David Lee Roth
  • Elvis Presley (The King)
  • Freddie Mercury
  • Grace Slick
  • Jim Morrison
  • Mick Jagger
  • Ozzy

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