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By Randal C. Hill  It’s hard to dream of becoming a professional baseball player when you can barely walk, but that didn’t stop Rickey Hill.   The...

By Randal C. Hill  Songwriter Alex Harvey has explained that “Delta Dawn” was written about his mother, a Mississippi Delta-born hairdresser living in Brownsville, Tennessee....

By Randal C. Hill  Blaxploitation movies – the term is a blending of the words “black” and “exploitation” – emerged in the early 1970s. They...

By Randal C. Hill  In the summer of 1973, Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s original “Monster Mash” reached the American Top 10 for a second time. Pickett...

By Randal C. Hill  This summer, Tom Cruise is back on the big screen as international spy Ethan Hunt for the seventh “Mission: Impossible,” this...

By Randal C. Hill  Attention Harrison Ford fans: Grab a red-ink pen and mark June 30 on your calendar right now! That’s the day Walt...

By Randal C. Hill  Even before he became a successful and respected musician, Gerry Rafferty had developed a loathing for the often-underhanded machinations of the...

Writer: Randal C. Hill  Inspirations for a hit song can sometimes spring from a most unusual source.  Members of the California septet War hailed from different...

By Randal C. Hill  Actress Rachael Lee Cook is candid about what drew her to her movie character in “A Tourist’s Guide to Love,” a...

Thumbnail image from Pixabay BY RANDAL C. HILL  Dave Marsh is a well-respected rock-music critic and historian. He’s normally quite sparing in his praise, but Marsh once could barely contain his enthusiasm when he reviewed a Marvin Gaye single and proclaimed it to be “the...