On This Day, April 4, 1964 …  The Beatles made chart history by holding the top five spots on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously.  The songs in the top five were “Please Please Me” at #5, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” at #4, “She Loves You” at #3, “Twist and Shout” at #2Read More →

ABC/Tsuni KISS is the latest group to sell their catalog. The rockers, who wrapped their final tour in New York in December, have made a deal with Pophouse, the Swedish company behind ABBA’s London hologram show, Voyage. Pophouse will acquire their music catalog, including master recordings and publishing rights, as well asRead More →

Samir Hussein/WireImage The Rolling Stones are giving music fans a chance to own an autographed guitar that’s actually been played by Ronnie Wood, and it’s all for a good cause.  The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have teamed up with REK Trust for a new sweepstakes in which a lucky winner will get toRead More →

ABC/ Heidi Gutman Beyoncé’s latest release, Cowboy Carter, is a hit for more than just Beyoncé. According to Billboard, several tracks Bey has either covered, sampled or interpolated on the record have seen a streaming bump since the album’s release, including songs by The Beatles and The Beach Boys. Thanks to Bey’s “Blackbiird”Read More →

Tom Hill/WireImage oey Ramone’s brother Mitchel Hyman, better known by his stage name, Mickey Leigh, has responded to a lawsuit filed earlier this year by Linda Ramone, widow of guitarist Johnny Ramone. The suit was over a variety of issues, including a planned Ramones movie based on Mickey’s memoir, I Slept WithRead More →

Hulton Archive/Getty Images A new film about Buddy Holly is in the works, and it’s now snagged a director. Variety reports that Mario Van Peebles is set to direct That’ll Be the Day, which will focus on Holly and his fellow musicians of the 1950s, detailing how their music influenced society andRead More →

ABC/Michael Desmond KISS rocker Gene Simmons is defending JoJo Siwa after folks on social media criticized her recent look, which was vastly different from her usual bright colors, sparkles and bows. The former Nickelodeon star recently walked the red carpet at an event in Los Angeles in what many considered aRead More →