The 10 Greatest Televised Musical Performances of the 1960s

A record-setting 73 million people tuned in on this day in 1964 to watch the Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.  read more

Dusty Springfield: Once Upon a Time 1964-1969 DVD Review

Release Date: Available Now Director: David Peck Studio/Run Time: Reelin’ in the Years, 84 min. Soul survivor Born in the U.K. and baptized in Memphis as the queen of blue-eyed soul, chanteuse Dusty Springfield left an indelible mark on pop music in the mid-20th century. With her ascent, the ex cathedra roster of legitimate solo musicians was suddenly coed, and Springfield coolly one-upped the old boys’ club with her charming stage presence and booming, brassy alto. Once Upon a Time, one of the first releases in a planned “British Invasion” series, serves as a workmanlike overview of Springfield’s career....  read more

Kidman, Cunningham reunite for Dusty Springfield biopic

Perhaps motion picture studios have icon databases that remind them whenever the significant anniversary of an important artist’s death is on the horizon. Almost 10 years after British, blonde-beehived legend Dusty Springfield passed on from cancer, both Fox 2000 and Universal have biopics in the works. Vulture revealed last week that The Hours author Michael Cunningham is hammering out the script for Fox, which has cast a previous conduit for his Pulitzer prize-winning words, Nicole Kidman, as the soulful singer herself. Kidman, of course, demonstrated her pop-standard abilities in Moulin Rouge. As for what else will be asked of her...  read more