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...sang that sent shivers up my spine." Pearl Jam cemented its reputation as a heavyweight contender in August at the MTV Music Video Awards, where the band won four awards, including best video of the year for Jeremy, and joined Neil Young for a stirring version of his song Rockin' in the Free World...
That compelling victory and the joyous celebration that has echoed throughout the Mountain time zone was yet another milepost in an improbable finish that began in September's long shadows. Since then, the rockin' Rocks, who finished in the division cellar last season, have ripped off 21 wins in 22 games--a heart-pounding joyride that included a sudden-death victory just to get into postseason play, as well as playoff sweeps of the powerful Philadelphia Phillies and the lethargic Diamondbacks...
...full-service, multigenerational entertainer; he was on a mission to convince his fans' parents that he could do more than grind his pelvis. So nearly every Elvis single would have a soft, sentimental tune ("That's When Your Heartaches Begin") on the flip side of a rockin' hit ("All Shook Up"). His movies balanced the uptempo songs with a few mellow ones ("Love Me Tender," "Young and Beautiful," "Blue Hawaii"). Later, some of his biggest hits were emotive reworkings of plaintive folk songs from Italy ("Sorrento" became "It's Now or Never") or France ("Plaisir d'amour" morphed into...
...Frosty the Snowman" (#7 in 1950). These were part of the Christmas novelty-song trend, which included "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." (Johnny Marks, who wrote "Rudolph," rode another trend in 1957 with the not-very-rockin' "Jingle Bell Rock.") This album, reissued in 2000, lassos together all of Autry's seasonal singles...
...Rockin' Robbery: It's a Gas, Gas, Gas UNMISSABLE...