There’s no denying the profound impact MTV had on pop-culture in America had all over the world. The term “game changer” gets thrown around too
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“Video Killed the Radio Star” will forever be intertwined with the launch of MTV, cementing its place in history as the first video aired on
Paul McCartney’s first solo No. 1 single actually harkened back to the way he worked toward the end of his time with the Beatles. He’d
In August 1971, when Can released their second album, Tago Mago, there wasn’t a whole lot that sounded like it. A half-century later, there’s still not much
Tony Kaye’s purring Hammond organ is one of the signature Yes sounds — a powerful instrument that fuels so many songs from the prog rock
On Aug. 5, 1966, the Beatles released “Yellow Submarine,” a track purposefully designed as a children’s song. The tune came to Paul McCartney one night
Eric Clapton was visibly intoxicated onstage at a concert in Birmingham on Aug. 5, 1976. But the message he spoke at the mike was clear. As
Bootsy Collins’ 1976 album Stretchin’ Out in Bootsy’s Rubber Band has long been considered a funk masterpiece. But what becomes clear all these years later
During the mid-’60s, Sonny & Cher skyrocketed to the top of the pop music charts. Cher’s statuesque figure beside the short, mustachioed Sonny made for
Some terrible movies are near-misses, which actually could have been pretty good had one or two things about them turned out differently. Others earn the