Memories of the Three Stooges in the Buckeye State! Touring comedians are no novelty. They’ve done it for years and carrying on that long tradition is the Kent Stage where…

It took a while, longer than it should have, but Detroit’s MC5 has finally been recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Many musicologists would agree it was…

We are proud to have Mike Olszewski as a featured writer here at CRR. Mike is the author of some of the best books ever written about music, radio and…

May 10 1964The TV debut of Dusty Springfield  on The Ed Sullivan Show.  She sings “I Only Want To Be With You”. Gerry and The Pacemakers and Bobby Rydell are on the same program. 1966…

May 9  1970 The Guess Who have a hit on Billboard‘s Hot 100 with “American Woman”, a song born by accident when guitarist Randy Bachman strums a heavy riff on stage after he…

April 22 1959 Alan Freed’s last film, Go Johnny Go, premieres starring Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran,  and The Flamingos. 1972 “Human Kindness Day” draws 25,000 the Washington Mall, in…

April 21 1960 The Congressional committee investigating the payola scandal hears from Dick Clark who admits he had a financial interest in 27 percent of the records he played on…

April 20 1976 A great fan of the comedy troupe, George Harrison joins Monty Python onstage in New York to sing “The Lumberjack Song.” 1991 Former Small faces and Humble…

We present this second of a two part series on Steve Traina and his new book, La Cave: Cleveland’s Legendary Music Club and the ‘60s Folk-to-Rock Revolution. Steve took on…

April 19 1959    A song that was recorded when Dolly Parton was just eleven years old, “Puppy Love” is released by Goldband Records and flops.  Nothing really happens for…