by Sean Passmore | Sep 22, 2026 | Blog, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Mitchell Kezin Award For Excellence in Christmas Music, The Vinyl Shoppe, Xmas Stuff
A Christmas Record is a holiday compilation LP originally released in December 1981 by the avant garde New York label ZE Records. Widely known informally as the “ZE Christmas Album,” it is considered by many holiday music enthusiasts as the first...
by Sean Passmore | Sep 17, 2026 | Blog, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Vinyl Shoppe
Arranger, composer, musician and bandleader, Eddie Graf was widely regarded throughout his lengthy career as one of North America’s most gifted and versatile musical arrangers, as well as an accomplished clarinetist, saxophonist, and bandleader. Born into...
by Sean Passmore | Jan 31, 2026 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Blog, Music U Need 2 No, RNRF Hall Of Fame, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Vinyl Shoppe
Legendary Canadian fiddle master and bandleader Don Messer was travelling through Moncton, New Brunswick in 1947 when he first heard 19 year old Marg Osburne singing on her radio programme “The Girl From the Singing Hills” on CKCW radio, a show she...
by Sean Passmore | Jan 10, 2026 | Album of the Week, Albums You NEED!, Blog, Music U Need 2 No, My Record Box, Perfect Albums, RNRF Hall Of Fame, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Vinyl Shoppe, Uncategorized
John Hiatt is a professional American musician, singer and songwriter. Since the release of his debut record in 1974, Hiatt has experimented with a number of musical styles on his albums, including folk, new wave, Americana, blues and country. He has been...
by Sean Passmore | Nov 16, 2025 | Blog, My Record Box, RNRF Hall Of Fame, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Vinyl Shoppe, Xmas Stuff
The Sinatra Christmas album This 1994 collection of seasonal songs by Frank Sinatra and special guests brings together miscellaneous Christmas themed material from Sinatra’s Reprise Records era from the years 1962 to 1975. The Sinatra Christmas Album is a very fine...
by Sean Passmore | Nov 9, 2025 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Blog, Music U Need 2 No, My Record Box, RNRF Hall Of Fame, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Definitive Version Series, The Vinyl Shoppe
“A Sunday Kind of Love” is a collaborative pop song written by the songwriting duo of Barbara Belle and Anita Leonard, along with Stan Rhodes and legendary jazz singer, bandleader, musician Louis Prima. Prima, beloved by children the world over for his...
