Glen Campbell’s “Gentle On My Mind” has a polished production that was typically reserved for the easy-listening genre in this decade. Though his guitar playing and slight twang keep this hit in the ...

The record producer also oversaw hits by Manfred Mann and the duo Chad & Jeremy and was an early backer of David Bowie. By The Associated Press Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born music producer and arranger ...

In the mid 1960s, the Hollywood neighborhood of Laurel Canyon became an unexpected birthing place of a distinctive sound developed by a diverse array of singers and groups who created an enduring ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It’s not your imagination: there has been an explosion in the number of songwriters and music publishers contributing to individual hit songs, making music licensing and ...

Many classic rock stars from the 1960s chose to adapt to the times and had hits in the 1980s. On the other hand, some classic rock stars from the 1960s had hits in the 1980s without changing their ...

Jack Jones, a singer who found fame and chart success on the easy-listening side of the street in the 1960s, and who later became etched in television-watching America’s psyche with the “Love Boat” ...

The Surfrajettes find audiences wherever they go, even when the gig is nowhere near a beach. “And if there’s a guitar community, they come out,” Surfrajette Shermy Freeman said. “Guitars and surf ...

The art of crafting successful pop singles can he a hit and miss affair, and this essay addresses the notion of hits and misses through a consideration of '(They Long to Be) Close to You' by Burt ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born music producer and arranger who worked on such British punk classics as The Who’s “My Generation” and The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me,” helped oversee hits by ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born ...