Déjà Vu 50 Years On By Harvey Kubernik Copyright 2020 50 years ago this past spring Crosby,...
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50 Year Anniversary By Harvey Kubernik Copyright 2020 During July 2020 I had three regional...
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David Bowie and Space Oddity: 50 Years On
By Harvey Kubernik c 2019 On February 20, 1969, singer/songwriter David Bowie recorded an early studio version of “Space Oddity” for his 1969 promotional film, Love You Till Tuesday. After departing Deram Records, Bowie then signed to Mercury/Phillips Records in...
Weird Old Man by Charlie Christmas Now Out
By Harvey Kubernik Charlie Christmas aka Chuck Crisafulli is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and author of eight books who in December 2018 made available his debut collection of recordings Weird Old Man. The album was recorded in his Glendale, Ca. home...
Legendary drummer Hal Blaine passed away at age 90 on March 11th
I (David Kessel) had the pleasure of growing up in the recording studio along with my brother Dan. We worked with Hal Blaine on many, many Phil Spector sessions, as 2nd generation Wrecking Crew musicians. My Dad, Barney Kessel and Stepmother, B.J. Baker (one of the...
50TH Anniversary of Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is No Where
By Harvey Kubernik © 2019 In January of 1969 Neil Young began recording his second solo album Everybody Knows This is Nowhere with Danny Whitten on guitar; Billy Talbot, bass; and Ralph Molina, drums at Wally Heider’s recording studio on Cahuenga Boulevard in...
Leonard Cohen: Songs From A Room
By Harvey Kubernik © 2019 April 7, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s second Columbia Records album, Songs From A Room in 1969. It reached No. 63 on the US Billboard Top LPs and No. 2 on the UK charts. “Initially, Songs From A Room felt like a...
MUSIC’S BIGGEST STARS HONOR “THE KING OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL” IN ‘ELVIS ALL-STAR TRIBUTE’
AIRING SUNDAY, FEB. 17 ON NBC; Elvis Presley '68 NBC-TV Comeback Special Celebrated with Definitive 50th Anniversary Box Set Release Deluxe 5CD, 2 Blu-ray Disc Set By Harvey Kubernik © 2019 Elvis Presley’s landmark ’68 Comeback Special, initially aired on NBC-TV in...
The 2019 Janis Joplin Legacy; 50TH Anniversary of Big Brother & The Holding Company’s Cheap Thrills
Celebrated With New Collection of Recordings By Harvey Kubernik © 2019 Columbia/Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment on November 30, 2018 celebrated the 50th anniversary of Big Brother & The Holding Company’s major label debut with the...
It WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY THAT JOHNNY CASH TAUGHT THE WORLD HOW TO SLAY
Johnny Cash Live At San Quentin Album Johnny Cash “A Boy Named Sue” The Johnny Cash Show Television Series New Book The Man Who Carried Cash: Saul Holiff, Johnny Cash and the Making of an American Icon By Harvey Kubernik © 2018 "A Boy Named Sue," written by...
Tina Turner Meets Harvey Kubernik
Tina Musical Coming to Broadway In 2019 By Harvey Kubernik © 2018 Tina- The Tina Turner Musical based on the life story of Tina Turner, which opened on London’s West end in April 2018, that starred Adrienne Warren, will be coming to Broadway in the fall of 2019. The...