Before this grinning guy was stealing hearts and looking for adventure on a popular streaming series, he was just another summer lovin’ sweetie enjoying the sunshine and beaches in Annapolis, Maryland. This little lad rose to stardom recently last…

Writer: Billy Joel Producer: Michael Stewart Released: 1973 Players: Billy Joel – piano, vocals Album: Piano Man (Columbia, 1973) Like so many other rock-starved teens, Billy Joel was first inspired to make music by seeing the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. Joel’s first band was the Echoes, a local Long Island live…

PRPhotos.comFor the first time since joining the band in January 1963, drummer Charlie Watts is sitting out a Rolling Stones tour. Rolling Stone reported Watts, who’s now 80 and has never missed a gig, has backed out of the band’s upcoming dates “after undergoing an unspecified medical procedure.” He’ll be replaced on the road by…

Getty ImagesGeorge Harrison’s wife and son talked candidly about the late-Beatle in advance of tomorrow’s (August 6th) release of the multi-disc All Things Must Pass “50th Anniversary Edition.” Olivia Harrison spoke of the groundbreaking triple-album set, which was released four years before she and Harrison became a couple, recalling, “These are very introspective songs and…

Getty ImagesThe Black Sabbath reissue series rolls on with the deluxe, expanded version of 1976’s Technical Ecstasy set for release on October 1st. The collection will be available as four-CD and five-LP versions, featuring a new remix by Steven Wilson, along with previously unreleased outtakes, alternative mixes, and live tracks. The new version of Technical…

PRPhotos.comTom Morello has tapped Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder for a new rendition of AC/DC’s 1979 classic, “Highway To Hell.” The track is the lead single from Morello’s latest solo set, The Atlas Underground Fire, which drops on October 15th. Morello and Springsteen thrilled crowds with a rendition of the tune during the E Street…

Getty ImagesIt was 45 years ago tonight (August 5th, 1976) that the Beach Boys’ NBC prime time special The Beach Boys: It’s O.K. premiered. The show, which was produced by Saturday Night Live’s executive producer Lorne Michaels, was based around the group’s 15th anniversary, their new 15 Big Ones album, and the full time return…

PRPhotos.comImages from Chris Cornell’s last photoshoot will be auctioned off today (August 5th) as a pair of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Photographer Randall Slavin took the portraits just before the Soundgarden frontman’s death in 2017. He never published the photos and is now turning them into NFTs with the permission of Cornell’s widow, Vicky. Vicky Cornell…

T.I.’s still super chill about his recent bust in Amsterdam … which he’s now calling “a slight kerfuffle” with a dash of “lost in translation.” We got the rapper and his wife, Tiny, Wednesday as they returned to the States, flying into LAX. We…