Popular Music Album Reviews

Sparkle Moore, The Rockabilly Bombshell

Sparkle Moore was on the music scene briefly, but anyone who saw her or heard her perform never forgot her.

It was January of 1967 when the Beatles conducted a 34-hour marathon that resulted in one of the most influential songs in rock history.

Imitated but never equaled, influential beyond comparison, Cooke was the model for Otis Redding, Brook Benton, Marvin Gaye and countless others.

This is the album that made Aretha Franklin the undisputed Queen of Soul back in 1967, a title she never relinquished throughout her stellar career.

With her 2011 album Lucinda Williams solidified her reputation with a batch of finely-crafted songs that revealed her at the top of her game.

Clapton’s 19th album is up there with the best of them, providing a great musical history lesson in this release.