Playboy Music 1988

April, 1988

Last year, someone somewhere decided it was time to re-examine rock 'n' roll. How else to explain brisk record sales not only for the Grateful Dead but for such rebounders as George Harrison, Robbie Robertson and Smokey Robinson? Add to that the high drama of CD releases by the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix and the best rock movie of the year--Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock'N' Roll, with sound track produced by his fan Keith Richards. Remakes of old hits made the rounds on our turntables: the Supremes'...