Dave Bartholomew performs his classic Fats Domino hit "I'm Walkin'" Dave Bartholomew, one of the architects of New Orleans rhythm and blues and early rock ‘n’ roll, died June 23 at 100. The producer, arranger, composer, trumpet player and bandleader was best known for the classic hits he produced for and wrote with Fats Domino, including “Ain’t That a Shame,” “Blue Monday,” and “The Fat Man,” Domino’s signature hit from 1949 that some consider to be the first rock ’n’ roll re

"When I Fall in Love" In the 1950s and early ’60, clean-cut male harmony vocal groups like folk music’s Kingston Trio and collegiate-styled popsters like the Four Preps and the Four Freshmen were a mainstream alternative to the raucous rock ‘n’ roll that eventually drove them from the Top 40 hit parade. One such group, The Lettermen, even wore matching cardigan college letter sweaters emblazoned with a capital “L” when they performed. They were formed in 1961 by Tony Butala,

Roric Tobin at ICFF, sitting on a Baguette sofa beneath an Agata rug and behind a Radiant coffee table Roric Tobin Designs (RTD) made its debut last month at the high-end luxury ICFF furniture fair at New York’s Javits Center. “From my beginnings designing theater sets for friends while at Yale University to my years working with design icon Geoffrey Bradfield, with expansive global travel and designing palatial spaces, I’ve continually had a passion for growth and forward mo

Happy Together Tour 2018 highlights In an interview prior to the start of this year’s Happy Together Tour—its 10th anniversary since restarting annually a decade ago—Mark Volman of The Turtles, the tour’s permanent headliner whose biggest hit gives the tour its name, recognized that what keeps the heritage 1960s bands going out every year is the continued enthusiasm from promoters and fans for the historic music they made. So it didn’t really matter that at the quaint St. Geo