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On February 10, 1954, The Glenn Miller Story, a film about the celebrated bandleader, had its premiere in New York City. Miller was raised in Fort Morgan and briefly attended the University of [...]

Mary Wilson, a founding member of the Supremes, died at the age of 76 on February 8, 2021. Pop music fans recognize Wilson as one-third of the iconic singing trio that epitomized the Motown sound [...]

Best known as a member of Three Dog Night, Jimmy Greenspoon had moved to Denver in 1966 with the members of the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and formed the group Superband (with [...]

On February 5. 2011, the Cape Dory album from Denver-based Tennis peaked on the Billboard chart.

On February 2. 1958, Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen” peaked on the Billboard Hot 100. The tune, Berry’s highest-ranking hit of the decade, was inspired after a Denver concert at the [...]

On January 29, 1975, Elton John was awarded a gold record for his cover of the Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” a song predominantly written by John Lennon. Under the pseudonym Dr. [...]

Kenny Vaughan co-led Jonny 3, Denver’s top punk/new wave band in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Nashville called and offered him plenty of work, and the guitarist became a sought-after sideman, [...]

One of the most celebrated slide guitarists in the world, Sonny Landreth communicates an innate feel for zydeco and Cajun rhythms while speaking a bold rock language in his music. Delta blues [...]

On January 23, 1970, Colorado folk legend Judy Collins was called to testify at the Chicago Seven conspiracy trial. She answered a question by singing the first line of Pete Seeger’s “Where Have [...]