By Jessica Wheeler, AliveTampaBay Columnist
AliveTampaBay looks back to an article and videos about Smokey Robinson first published last February about the legendary singer and song writer.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
A Look Back: Holiday Songs to Get You Through the Holidays (video)
By Jessica Wheeler, Columnist
Like when your uncle won’t stop talking about politics. A Look Back article first published in Dec. 22, 2016.
Photo courtesy of Pixabay.
A Look Back: Tony Bennett Live at the Mahaffey (video)
AliveTampaBay highlights Mr. Bennett’s return to the Mahaffey on Feb. 9 with our Look Back story from March 7, 2016, called ‘Monday Evening at the Mahaffey, It Was Tony Bennett Live.’
By Jessica Wheeler
Tom Petty’s Florida Roots (Video)
AliveTampaBay looks back at our earlier story in May about Tom Petty, who passed away Monday. He was 66.
By Jessica Wheeler, AliveTampaBay Columnist
A Look Back: Brian Wilson’s 2016 Mahaffey Show
In seven songs — with videos — get to know Brian Wilson again.
By Jessica Wheeler, AliveTampaBay Columnist
On This Day in ’75, Peter Gabriel Left Genesis
The band auditioned more than 400 candidates before deciding on Phil Collins as the new frontman.
By Jessica Wheeler, AliveTampaBay Columnist
Photo of Peter Gabriel in 2011 courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Today in ’68, the Jackson 5 Signed with Motown (Video)
The group hit it big in 1970 when their first four consecutive singles went to No. 1.
By Jessica Wheeler, AliveTampaBay Columnist
Michael Jackson/Photo by Pixabay
Happy “Bad Bad Leroy Brown” Day! (Video)
On July 21, 1973, Jim Croce’s “Bad Bad Leroy Brown” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.
By Jessica Wheeler, AliveTampaBay Columnist
On This Day in ’69, It Was ‘The Year 2525’ [Video]
Do lyrics from a ’60s song ring true today?
By Jessica Wheeler, AliveTampaBay Columnist
On This Day, ‘Born in the U.S.A.’ Hit No. 1
Seven songs from the album became top 10 hits.
By Jessica Wheeler, AliveTampaBay Columnist