Evening Star, The (Washington DC)
The Evening Star was a daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington D.C. between 1852 and 1981. The Sunday edition was known as the Sunday Star. The paper was renamed several times before becoming Washington Star by the late 1970s. It ceased publication in 1981.
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The Beatles: "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" An Afterthought
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 14 February 1964
THE FAMOUS "yeah, yeah, yeah," in the Beatles' recording 'She Loves You' on the Swan label was a last-minute addition. ...
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Temptations: The Temptations: Hit Was Written in a Car
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 6 March 1964
IT TOOK the help of a "miracle" for the Temptations to come up with their first big hit, 'The Way You Do the Things You ...
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas: Top Tunes: Martha and the Vandellas
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 17 October 1964
MARTHA AND the Vandellas decided it was time for a change in pace. All their records were beginning to sound alike. ...
The Mugwumps: Top Tunes: The Mugwumps
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 24 October 1964
THEY MEET with "stunned silence" when performing before someone for the first time. They have their own language. A new dance has started because of ...
The Impressions: Top Tunes: The Impressions
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 7 November 1964
WHOEVER CAME up with the advertising slogan, "often imitated but never duplicated," must have been thinking about the Impressions. ...
Little Anthony and the Imperials: Top Tunes: Little Anthony and the Imperials
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 20 February 1965
AFTER A four-year absence from the record scene, Little Anthony and the Imperials have returned with three straight hits, the latest being 'Hurts So Bad'. ...
Junior Walker & the All Stars: Top Tunes: Junior Walker's 'Shotgun' Is His First Big Hit
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 27 February 1965
JUNIOR WALKER and the All Stars can thank a couple of teenagers from Benton Harbor, Mich., for the inspiration that's led to their first major ...
Sylvie Vartan: Top Tunes: Sylvie Vartan
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 3 April 1965
NINETEEN-YEAR-old Sylvie Vartan is to France what the Beatles and the Stones are to England. ...
James Brown: Top Tunes: James Brown Explains About 'Papa's Bag'
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 7 August 1965
YOU MIGHT say that July 23 to 29 was a sort of James Brown Week in Washington. ...
Fontella Bass: Top Tunes: Fontella Bass
Profile and Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 6 November 1965
FONTELLA BASS may have been a "sad girl" about two months ago, but now she's one of the happiest people in the world. ...
The Rolling Stones: Top Tunes: The Rolling Stones
Report by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 20 November 1965
THE BATTLE of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway ended in a tie last Saturday. ...
Marvin Gaye, The Moonglows: Top Tunes: Marvin Gaye
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 27 November 1965
SHORTLY AFTER Marvin Gaye was graduated from Washington's Cardozo High School in the late 1950s, he packed up his bags and went on the road ...
The Detergents, The Shangri-Las: Top Tunes: The Shangri-Las
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 18 December 1965
DANVILLE, VA. — Those are real tears being shed in the Shangri-Las' 'I Can Never Go Home Anymore'. ...
Jay & The Americans: Top Tunes: Jay and the Americans
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 25 December 1965
BROOKLYN LOST the Dodgers several years ago but they still can claim Jay and the Americans. ...
Otis Redding: Top Tunes: Otis Redding
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 29 January 1966
WHEN OTIS Redding sang his last big hit, 'Respect', he must have been talking about his fans. ...
Aaron Neville: Top Tunes: Aaron Neville
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 21 January 1967
BECAUSE HE "tells it like it is," both on record and off, Aaron Neville finally is making a name for himself in the popular music ...
The Seeds: Top Tunes: The Seeds
Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 24 June 1967
"THE 'HATE march' days are over, now it's love and be loved and flower music expresses this emotion powerfully and beautifully," says Lord Tim Hudson, ...
Blue Cheer: Top Tunes: Blue Cheer
Profile and Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 13 April 1968
"THESE GUYS are just like Hell's Angels. The only difference is that they don't have motorcycles — they have their instruments." ...
Jefferson Airplane: Top Tunes: The Jefferson Airplane
Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 27 April 1968
GRACIE SLICK, the lead vocalist for the Jefferson Airplane, is still belting out tunes for the San Francisco-based rock group. ...
The First Edition: Top Tunes: The First Edition
Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 1 June 1968
QUESTION: WHAT do you get when you take three guys and one girl from the New Christy Minstrels and team them up with a drummer ...
Profile and Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 6 July 1968
NOW, WHEN the pop music highways are as crowded with groups as city streets are with cars, Traffic has come to mean something more than ...
The Amboy Dukes: Top Tunes: The Amboy Dukes
Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 10 August 1968
QUESTION: WHAT do a street gang and a rock group have in common? Answer: Their names. ...
Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin: Top Tunes: Big Brother's Janis Joplin
Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 24 August 1968
SOUL IS where it's at, and Janis Joplin has more than her share. ...
Jeff Beck: Top Tunes: The Jeff Beck Group
Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 26 October 1968
ON JUNE 15, 1968, the Jeff Beck Group made its first American appearance at the Fillmore East in New York and was a smash hit. ...
Joni Mitchell: Top Tunes: Joni Mitchell
Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 7 December 1968
HER SONGS have been recorded by 19 many artists, but it's been only recently that Joni Mitchell has made a mark as a singer herself. ...
Led Zeppelin: Top Tunes: Led Zeppelin
Profile and Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 21 December 1968
JIMMY PAGE, a former member of the Yardbirds, the group that spawned the careers of two other great musicians, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, has ...
Profile by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 4 January 1969
A TAROT deck is a pack of colorful picture cards through which some people claim one can find the key to the "wisdom of the ...
Allman Brothers Band: Top Tunes: The Allman Brothers Band
Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 7 August 1971
SOME BANDS are meant to be recorded live, outside of the somewhat sterile studio environment and in front of an audience. ...
Don Nix, Leon Russell: Music Makers: Don Nix
Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 2 October 1971
DON NIX got his start in music as a Memphis choir boy and the gospel influence of those days has left its mark on him. ...
America: Music Makers: America
Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 12 February 1972
AMERICA IS alive and well in England. ...
Bill Evans: Music Makers: Bill Evans
Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 18 March 1972
FOR THE third time, the Grammy award for the best jazz album of the year was presented to pianist Bill Evans. ...
Bill Withers: Music Makers: Bill Withers
Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 8 July 1972
IN JUST over a year, Bill Withers has gone from manufacturing toilets for airplanes to writing and singing hit songs like 'Ain't No Sunshine' and ...
Bonnie Raitt: Music Makers: Bonnie Raitt
Profile and Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 4 November 1972
ONE OF the strongest shows in recent months has been booked into the Cellar Door starting Monday. John Prine and Bonnie Raitt open for one ...
Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 13 January 1973
WHEN GRAM Parsons formed the International Submarine Band (one of the first country-rock bands to surface in an era of rock and roll) in 1966, ...
Little Feat: Music Makers: Little Feat
Profile and Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 24 February 1973
EVERY NOW and then a group comes along that can move smoothly from one type of music to another — always producing a joyous feeling ...
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