Pioneering Music TV Series TopPop Premieres in The Netherlands | Sep 22, 1970
TopPop was the first regularly aired pop music television show to air in The Netherlands. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the program weekly from 1970 until 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for TopPop’s first fifteen years and Penney de Jager was one of the lead dancers on the show. World famous musicians performed on ….
Zapp Founder and Funk Musician Legend Roger Troutman is Found Shot Dead | Apr 25, 1999
Born in Hamilton, Ohio in 1951, American singer Roger Troutman helped pioneer the funk music genre and later influenced West Coast hip hop due to the scene’s heavy sampling of his music scores. Troutman frequently used a talk box, a device that is connected to a keyboard or guitar, in order to create a variety ….
Parliament Funkadelic Featuring George Clinton at NYCB Theatre Westbury | Oct 28, 2023
Great South Bay Music Festival | Music Festivals | Jul 20 - Jul 23, 2023
The Great South Bay Music Festival is a folk, punk and soul music festival that takes place at Shorefront Park in Patchogue, New York. The festival is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2023.