I think so. This is Black Proof from Dubravica, Pazin, Croatia.

These four tunes all have something in common. And it’s not just the fact that all the singers are dead. They did not record for the same record company. Answer below.

Answer: They were all top ten hits this week in 1944

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Here is the last 30 minutes of the T.A.M.I show which was broadcast to selected theaters around the U.S. from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, October 1964. Someone talked the Rolling Stones into following James Brown. They did the best they could. By the way, this clip will demonstrate why those of us who remembered James Brown in his prime weren’t that knocked out by Michael Jackson.

To put these performances in context:

James Brown’s current hit was “Out Of Sight” (which starts his four song set). But he hadn’t really crossed over yet. His first Billboard top ten hit, “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” would come the following summer.

Chart wise the Stones were a hotter act. “Time Is On My Side” (third song of their set) was a top ten hit (their first) at the time of the show. Interestingly, the second song of their site, “Off The Hook” was new and unknown at the time. It would be included on their 3rd album, “The Rolling Stones, Now” which came out March 1965. Their first #1 “(I Can’t No) Satisfaction” would come in summer of 1965 some eight months later.

I have had a bootleg copy of the concert for years. The quality was mediocre. There had never been an authorized home video release until the DVD release in March 2010 . . and the quality of the so called Electronovision, using some of the first high-definition video cameras, comes through.

The Rolling Stones documentary, Stones in Exile DVD will be available June 22nd in the United States.

Gotta be the first time Neil Young has enlisted a big-name producer for one of his albums (Unless you want to count Brendan O’Brien on the 1995 Pearl Jam collaboration “Mirror Ball”).

Young about to begin a solo North American tour which gets underway May 18 in Albany, N.Y., and wraps June 7 in Dallas.

Neil Young Recording New Album With Daniel Lanois

Neil Young is indeed recording a new studio album in Los Angeles with U2/Bob Dylan producer Daniel Lanois, Billboard.com can confirm. The sessions first came to light late last week in a Rolling Stone interview with longtime Young friend and bandmate David Crosby. ● More from: Billboard.com

Thanks to DonWallaceK106 for the tip