Dan Markus Wax Museum

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Lodge talks about “The Sun Will Shine,” John’s new solo song released May of 2021.  Hear the song by visiting the Dan Markus’ Wax Museum website, 
https://danmarkuswaxmuseum.com.

With the sad passing of Mary Wilson, founding member of the landmark Motown group The Supremes, I went back into my interview vault and selected three brief clips from my 1987 interview with the legendary singer.  We discussed how The Supremes crossed-over to a larger audience, and the tour that made the trio Superstars.

With the sad passing of Mary Wilson, founding member of the landmark Motown group The Supremes, I went back into my interview vault and selected three brief clips from my 1987 interview with the legendary singer.  We discussed how The Supremes crossed-over to a larger audience, and the tour that made the trio Superstars.

Carl Giammarese of Chicago’s Buckinghams chats with Dan Markus about how the band got a record deal by winning a TV contest.  And how Kind of a Drag leapt to Number One in America, yet the band didn’t have a record deal.  And the times (plural) that The Buckinghams played at Presidential Inauguration Balls in Washington, DC.  Plus much more. 

On the anniversary of John Lennon’s death, here’s a brief part of my conversation with Pete Best, The Beatles first regular drummer.  I asked him a question, and you can hear his affection for John Lennon as he talks about his bandmate.  On the anniversary of John Lennon’s death, here’s a brief part of my conversation with Pete Best, The Beatles first regular drummer.  I asked him a question, and you can hear his affection for John Lennon as he talks about his bandmate.

How Johnny Rivers got his stage name, and by what famous 
(In-The-Rock-And-Roll-Hall-Of-Fame-Famous) Disc Jockey.  
Plus how he found one of his most iconic songs while touring Great Britain.

Shirley Alston Reeves, lead singer of The Shirelles, didn’t think Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow would be a hit.  Ultimately it spent two weeks at Number One in early 1961.  In this clip, Shirley spoke with me by phone about why  she really really didn’t want to record this composition by a then relatively-unknown Carole King, with a behind-the-scenes look at in-studio discussions about it.

Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean talks about
* Recording Surf City,
* The very bizarre story that resulted in the duo being barred from the movie set of a film they had recorded the hit title track for,
* Jan Berry’s horrendous car accident (and how he, Dean, found out about it), and
* The arrival of The Beatles on the music scene (which instantly halted the careers of most American musicians).  Visit Dan Markus’ Wax Museum website for more conversations, and Dan Markus’ Wax Museum on Facebook.

Dean Torrence talks about … how he came to sing lead on a big Beach Boys hit AND about the time Jan and Dean showed up for a concert and there were no cars in the venue’s parking lot AND why they were banned from the movie set of “Ride the Wild Surf” even though they sang the movie’s title track AND what major historical international event had its origins in a Jan and Dean tour (according to USA Today).

The lead singer of Herman’s Hermits (Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter, I’m Henry VIII, I Am, There’s A Kind of Hush) talks with Dan Markus about touring with The Who (and Keith Moon’s birthday, um, celebration … you can imagine … ), some of the famous studio musicians heard on some of their records, his Sirus XM show Something Good, and much more.