Even by the standards of early rock ‘n’ roll songs, the 1956 “Please, Please, Please” is primitive, in fact primal. It’s the “Hare Krishna” of sexual desperation: one word is repeated a couple dozen times in a lover’s mantra, prayer or threat, as crooned by the vocal group, The Famous Flames, and howled by their lead singer. […]

Mick Jagger has been a James Brown fan for actual decades. The Rolling Stones lead singer, who turned 71 on Sunday, has admitted he copied many of Brown’s dance moves on stage. As the men rose to prominence as two of the biggest singers of the 1960s, they even became acquaintances. It was a relationship […]

“The Beatles: The Night That Changed America,” the CBS special that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” received six Emmy Awards nominations Thursday morning. The special, produced by CBS and AEG Ehrlich Ventures, is up for Outstanding Variety Special and in the categories of direction (Gregg Gelfand), music […]

  NEIL DIAMOND’S ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS SET FOR RELEASE JULY 8 ON CAPITOL/UMe, WITH 23 ORIGINAL STUDIO RECORDINGS  Includes Rare and Original Solo Version Of “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”   New Studio Album Due This Fall   Los Angeles, California – July 2, 2014 – Grammy® winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Neil Diamond gets a […]

POLYDOR/UMe TO RELEASE SOUNDTRACK FOR UNIVERSAL PICTURES’ UPCOMING JAMES BROWN BIOPIC, GET ON UP   Brown’s Top Hits, Plus Two Previously Unreleased Concert Recordings, Featured on Funk-Fueled Soundtrack to be Released July 29     Los Angeles – July 1, 2014 – “The Godfather of Soul.” “The Hardest Working Man in Show Business.” “Mr. Dynamite.” “Soul Brother […]

On July 31, 2003, roughly eight weeks after releasing his acclaimed Trouble No More, John Mellencamp performed the entire album for a sold-out audience at New York’s Town Hall. That performance is finally surfacing on July 8 as part of a newly inked agreement with Universal Music Enterprises to curate and release material from Mellencamp’s vault. […]

THE BEATLES GET BACK TO MONO  THE BEATLES’ ORIGINAL MONO STUDIO ALBUMS REMASTERED AT ABBEY ROAD DIRECTLY FROM THE ANALOGUE MASTERS FOR VINYL RELEASE  180-Gram LPs Available September 8, Individually and in a Limited 14-LP Boxed Edition with Hardbound Book    London – June 16, 2014 – The Beatles in mono:  This is how most listeners […]

The people who brought you “Despicable Me” and “Jurassic Park” are adding a bit of funkiness to theaters around the country. Universal Pictures announced in conjunction with their upcoming James Brown biopic, the launch of the “Get On Up” tour. The event will mark an immersive storytelling experience set to the sounds of James Brown’s legendary funk. Beginning Friday, […]

       BON JOVI CELEBRATE THREE DECADES IN A CAREER THAT GETS BIGGER & BIGGER   EXTENSIVE ISLAND/UMe CATALOG CAMPAIGN LAUNCHING JULY 1 WITH ‘NEW JERSEY’ IN REMASTERED, DELUXE, AND SUPER DELUXE EDITIONS   Los Angeles, California – May 20, 2014 – For three decades, the iconic, world renowned BON JOVI has steadfastly earned and maintained a […]

B.B. King – The Life of Riley Film Makes U.S. Debut In Theatres Nationwide, Starting May 21 Available On Blu-Ray™/DVD June 17 Career-Spanning Soundtrack Available Digitally May 19, 2014   B.B. King-The Life Of Riley is a powerful, insightful and heart-warming feature documentary about legendary Blues man, B.B. King.  The film is narrated by OSCAR® winning […]

MSN Music is teaming up with Universal Music Group to give away a copy of the lavish anniversary update of Elton John’s classic 1973 album “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” autographed by Sir Elton himself.    To win this one-of-a-kind package visit our Facebook page and share the post announcing this contest with your friends. After you share the post, let us know by contacting us at msnmusicfans@microsoft.com. […]

Elton John’s classic Goodbye Yellow Brick Road turned 40 last October and recently received a massive reissue with alternate versions, live cuts, and exclusive new covers like Miguel and Wale’s take on “Bennie And The Jets.” Today we’re giving away the Super Deluxe Edition of the release and a vinyl test pressing of the reissue signed by Sir Elton himself. The […]