Guardian Music — Singer and founding member of the R&B hitmakers the CoastersMany African-American close harmony groups flourished in the US in the 1950s, but few appealed to both black and white audiences as much as the Coasters. Their success owed a lot to the witt... more info
Totally Fuzzy —
The rock revolution of the 1960's seen through the life and music of Jimi Hendrix. The first doomed icon of rock, Hendrix was the synthesis of everything that had gone before him and all that was to come. The Birth Of Rock also explores the infl... more info
ContactMusic — Mick Jagger is 'a hero in the sack'. The Rolling Stones lothario - who has fathered seven children with four different women - should credit his hair for his success with the opposite sex, according to Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy told the Sunday Times... more info
Guardian Music — 26 February 1965: Number 6 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicIn early 1965, the Rolling Stones were in an exquisite quandary. They were the second biggest group in Britain by that point and rising fast in the US. But thei... more info
Guardian Music — November 1969: Number 19 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicUntil the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, the loudest thing at big-capacity shows was often the crowd, as anyone who's heard the long-deleted Beatles at the Hollywo... more info
TMZ — Filed under: Bill Clinton, Keith Richards, Paparazzi Photo, Music, Politix
It was a sexagenarian rock star summit, as former President Bill Clinton, 64, had dinner with an upright Keith Richards, 67, of the Rolling ... more info
ContactMusic — Keith Richards and Robert De Niro talked real estate at the Spike TV Guys Choice Awards on Saturday night (04Jun11) - the two stars want to swap homes. The movie star presented the night's Brass Balls Award to the Rolling Stones star and the odd coup... more info
Guardian Music — Working in rock recording studios in the 60s and 70s was a test of stamina as much as skill. Island Records engineer Phill Brown recalls his eventful career in the control roomAs the house recording engineer at Island Records' studios in London durin... more info