Sonny Curtis, Buddy Holly’s The Crickets frontman who sang ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ theme, dead at 88

Sonny Curtis, the frontman of Buddy Holly’s band The Crickets who wrote classic songs including the theme for “The Mary Tyler ...
American Songwriter

Sonny Curtis, Crickets Frontman Who Penned Fearless Punk Anthem, Dies at 88

Sonny Curtis, writer of "I Fought the Law" and the 'Mary Tyler Moore Show' theme song, died Sept. 19 at age 88.

Devo Frontman Didn’t Think ‘Whip It’ Hitmakers Would Even Be a Rock Band at First (Exclusive)

One such example is in the doc, when Mark recalls hearing Burger King adapt Johann Pachelbel's Canon for a jingle (" Hold the ...
Charleston City Paper

Costello to revisit glory days Oct. 3 at Gaillard Center

The Ramones, the Sex Pistols and The Clash were iconic punk rock bands. But from 1977 to 1986, there was no one angrier than Elvis Costello.
American Songwriter

3 Songs You Didn’t Know The Clash’s Joe Strummer Wrote for Other Artists

“My hero is Bo Diddley because he was playing on a street corner and knew that he needed something else,” said Strummer in 2002. “He wasn’t the fretsman in the world, so he went to a junkyard and got ...
Portland Press Herald

Local U2 tribute band Slane slays, and Clash of the Titans returns

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