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Thanks to donors like Coonan's Irish Hub, the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame continues to thrive at the Historical Museum of Bay County. I was the "celebrity bartender" last Wednesday, January 28th, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM to support one of Bay City’s great local businesses and to say thanks for their generous donation.
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Known around the world as “The Boogie Man From Hell, MI,” blues singer and guitarist Michael Katon was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2014. This past week, however, was the first time he had visited the Historical Museum of Bay County and its MRRL HOF exhibit.
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Sending out a big thank you to the wonderful ladies of the Bay City Rollers Fan Club who donated a beautiful teakwood bench to the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame exhibit at the Historical Museum of Bay County.
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2025 was another great year for music, and my longtime friend Larry Van Cleve and I love to share our annual lists of what we considered to be the best releases of the year.
Dr. J's Best of 2025 (In alphabetical order)
Best Michigan Albums:
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Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame inductee Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez was born David Cortez Clowney in Detroit in 1938. Encouraged to take up piano by his father, he made his first recording in the Motor City as a singer/pianist with the Five Pearls doo wop group in 1954. After relocating to New York, he began recording under the stage name Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez in 1958 on the Okeh label.
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I got an interesting Halloween surprise today when we walked over to the Coffee Box in Rahway, NJ, for our usual iced mocha with decaf and skimmed milk. We sat down and suddenly “What A Way To Die” by the Pleasure Seekers starts playing on the shop’s sound system!
- 2025 MRRL HOF Inductees
- Rockabilly Cats
- MRRL HOF Features 'Beats On The Streets'
- My Favorite Albums by The Boss
- Sound & Fury: Made in Michigan
- The Historical Museum is the Home of the MMHP989 Podcast
- MRRL HOF Inductees Visit the Museum
- MC5: An Oral Biography...Kicks Out The Jams!
- Best Albums of 2024: Two Views
- Birth of Michigan Rock and Roll Video Series
