

Trini Lopez--An appreciation
"If I Had a Hammer" He made the Top 10 only once, yet Trini Lopez’s hitmaking career, which peaked in 1963 with the No. 3 single “If I...

Jim Bessman
Aug 13, 20205 min read
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Miss Tee Alston--An appreciation
Miss Tee doing what she loved--serving people Usually Manhattan’s Upper West Side home of joyous musical celebration, Ashford & Simpson’s...
Jim Bessman
Aug 10, 20205 min read
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Hal Willner--An appreciation
"Saturday Night Live"s tribute to Hal Willner Most popular music producers necessarily take a backseat to the artists they produce, with...
Jim Bessman
Apr 14, 20203 min read
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Kenny Rogers--An Appreciation
One of the major tenets of music criticism is that great artists must take risks. By that criterion, there was no greater artist than...
Jim Bessman
Mar 23, 20206 min read
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