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Janis Lyn Joplin

January 19, 1943 Port Arthur, Texas--October 4, 1970, Hollywood, California By Harvey Kubernik © 2020      50 years ago on October 4. 1970 at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood the performer and singer Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose. Singer/songwriter, producer...

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Motown: Reel and Real

Motown: Reel and Real

By Harvey Kubernik c 2016 There have been many books about Motown and many Motown books. With the September publication of Motown The Sound of Young America, by Adam White with Barney Ales, including a marvelous foreword by Andrew Loog Oldham, we finally now have the...

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Mike Love’s GOOD VIBRATIONS: My Life as a Beach Boy

Mike Love’s GOOD VIBRATIONS: My Life as a Beach Boy

Harvey Kubernik on Mike Love’s new autobiography By Harvey Kubernik c 2016 The Beach Boys are arguably the most popular American rock band of all time, with thirteen Gold Albums, fifty-five Top 100 singles, and four #1 hits, spanning more than five decades.  The...

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Jerry Heller: Legendary Booking Agent and Manager of N.W.A.

Jerry Heller: Legendary Booking Agent and Manager of N.W.A.

By Harvey Kubernik c 2016 Visionary booking agent and artist manager, Jerry Heller, who served as N.W.A.'s manager, who in the mid- 1980’s at Macola Records in Los Angeles, where he first met Eazy-E (Eric Wright) and helped launch Ruthless records in 1987, N.W.A.’s...

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Happy 50th Birthday to Revolver

Happy 50th Birthday to Revolver

Beatles LOVE Show Now in 10th Year in Las Vegas; The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl released for the first time on CD September 9th Ron Howard’s authorized documentary feature film about The Beatles’ phenomenal early career The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The...

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NEIL YOUNG: A Journey Through His Past and Present

NEIL YOUNG: A Journey Through His Past and Present

By Harvey Kubernik c 2016 Since 2012, Neil Young has issued the albums Americana, Psychedelic Pill, A Letter Home, Story Tone, Live at the Cellar Door, The Monsanto Years, and Earth. He has touted PONO, a high definition fidelity audio delivery service, and LincVolt,...

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