Calendar* Correction: Vangelis Oscar for 'Chariots of Fire'

Some websites claim that Vangelis won an Oscar for Best Original Score for the movie Chariots of Fire.  While he did indeed win that Oscar, the Academy Awards were televised on March 29, 1982, the day that Vangelis won the award.

Just a reminder--we will post these corrections to errors by other websites through August.  After that point, Inside The Rock Era will be the most accurate source in the world for music news, and those other websites are on their own, and if you go there for your music news, we cannot take responsibility for their errors.

Calendar* Clarification: Tony Bennett's "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"

Some websites report that Tony Bennett recorded his first song, "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams", on April 17, 1962, as if he completed it in one day.  Bennett finished the song on April 20, according to the book All the Things You Are:  The Life of Tony Bennett by David Evanier.  The correct and professional way to say it is that Bennett began recording the song on April 17.

Prelude to The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*: the Spinners, with "Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl"

The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era* is a little over a month away.  In the meantime, enjoy some of the greatest songs of the last 60 years that are just outside the list.

The Spinners' remake of the 4 Seasons hit "Working My Way Back To You" is such a song...