Rick Astley gets a bad rap. He's been the subject and punchline of a "Rickrolling" trend which started in 2007 as an online...

We're more than a week into March, but someone needs to get that memo to Old Man Winter: it's snowing to beat the band in New Eng...

Photo via Wikimedia and Salon.com Patti Page, who passed away this week, was responsible for what I consider one of the most depressing ...

I've had two songs by Kid Creole and the Coconuts stuck in my head all week, which makes me wonder why I never seemed to hear them on...

Photo via The Beatles Rarity It's amazing to me that Buddy Holly was considered enormously successful for only a couple of years bef...

Photo from latimes.com . Photo credit Gilles Petard/Redferns) We've been losing musical heavyweights at an alarming rate this year....

Photo copyright Billboard.com I long for the day when the man of my dreams puts his arm around me and says, "Pamela, me without you ...

Twitter has Follow Fridays, and Go Retro has Forgotten Friday Favorites. Actually, my song picks for today are not exactly forgotten, just a...

Before I get into today's Two Forgotten Friday Favorites, I wanted to let everyone know that there's going to be another giveaway...

When I heard Sheryl Crow's cover of "Sign Your Name" I knew I had to eventually choose Terence Trent D'Arby for Two Forgot...

A few random things I learned about Sheila E (Sheila Escovedo) while researching her bio for today's Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: she...

Decades before Lady Gaga donned crazy ass outfits on stage, Lene Lovich was making a name for herself with equally outrageous clothing, make...

I think that a 60s singer like Mary Hopkin is the true definition of a songstress: no costumes, no embellishments, just a lovely voice with ...

Apparently a whole slew of gamers are familiar with the singing group The Ink Spots. A few of their hits have been featured in the soundtrac...

I must spread some love for Foreigner this morning. They are, without a doubt, one of my favorite bands of the 70s/80s. I think the ultimat...

Those crazy DSW commercials with the stop-motion shoes remind me of the music video for The Point of No Return , which was a hit for Nu Shoo...

It's definitely that time of year when the oldies stations start playing the 1962 novelty hit song Monster Mash . I've often seen it...

Since I've pretty much failed to acknowledge Halloween on my blog this year, today's Two Forgotten Friday Favorites is of the truly ...

A graphic artist "imagines" Lennon at 70 years old You'd have to be living under a rock to not know that tomorrow would hav...

I hate to blow off today's Two Forgotten Friday Favorites, but I'm afraid there's not going to be any Go Retro posts until somet...