Annette Kleinbard was the female vocalist in The Teddy Bears, who, along with Phil Spector and Marshall Leib, had a 1958 hit called "To Know Him Is To Love Him". She later changed her name to Carol Connors and went on to co-write The Ripchords' 1964 hit "Hey Little Cobra", "Gonna Fly Now" (The Theme From Rocky), as well as the 1980 Billy Preston / Syreeta Wright duet "With You I'm Born Again".
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Brothers in Rock
We’re all part of the great big rock & roll family, but today, let’s look at some of the actual brothers who have made up some of rock’s biggest acts... Everly Brothers – Of course,…
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R.I.P. Bobby Hart (1939-2025)
We had to say goodbye to another great rock songwriter/producer/singer as Bobby Hart passed away at the age of 86. His wife said his death came after a long illness. Hart, who was born Robert…
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Attack of the One-Hit Wonders: “Rock On” – David Essex
For American audiences, the David Essex story is rather short and fairly typical of one-hit wonders. He appeared out of nowhere, starring in a film about 1950’s rock & rollers called That’ll Be the Day.…
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The Face That Launched Two Rock Classics
Do you know this woman? She inspired two of rock’s all-time great story songs. Her name is Clare MacIntyre. She was working as a counsellor for the Fresh Air Fund camp during the summer of 1960. A…
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Secret Desires of the Stars!
Now it can be told (or actually, it was already told in the pages of 16 Magazine)!
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Scarborough Fair: The Story Behind the Song
Most of us know that virtually all of Simon & Garfunkel’s hits of the late 60s and early 70s were written by Paul Simon, but did you know one of their very biggest not only…