Pandora Radio Leads The Best New Music-Related iPhone Apps

Today is a big day for fans of tiny gadgets that do big things, as Apple rolls out the new, speedier iPhone 3G. But perhaps the bigger news is the host of applications available in the new software update. The new toys include a bunch of games, news, sports and organizational tools, but the slate of music-related tools is pretty impressive. Most notable is the iPhone version of Pandora, the customizable Internet radio site that caters stations to your favorite bands. The Pandora app (available free via iTunes) lets users import their already-existing Pandora stations or create fresh ones for their phone. Though it'll be a burden on our battery, Rock Daily is now excited it can take its Guns n' Roses station with it wherever it goes.

The greatness doesn't stop there. Other iTunes apps for music fans include Midomi (which will allow users to figure out what songs are playing in those Cadillac commercials by either singing a bit into their phone or holding the iPhone up to a speaker playing the song), Guitar Toolkit (a guitar tuner that also stocks chord maps) and a plug-in that turns your iPhone into a remote that lets you wirelessly control iTunes and Apple TV. Most of these are also compatible with the iPod Touch and are available free of charge. For more, visit the iPhone site.

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“Is It True”

Brenda Lee | 1964

As the British Invasion reached its peak in 1964, Brenda Lee went from Nashville to London to record one of her hardest-rocking hits, her perky vocal backed by a stuttering, squalling guitar. That guitar was played by session musician Jimmy Page, yet to skyrocket to fame with first the Yardbirds and then Led Zeppelin. "She said to me, 'I've come here to make a record with the British sound,'" remembered producer Mickie Most. "She felt she wouldn't get the same sound in Nashville because they're only just catching up on the British beat group sound of about six months ago."

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