On Jan. 18, 1960, a new kind of hit single topped the Billboard chart – instead of celebrating the brightness and energy of the recently
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Should Tremors, released on Jan. 19, 1990, be celebrated because it helped rejuvenate the glorious tradition of B-movie monster pictures from the ’50s? Or because
The famously private Dylan has said that the songs on this 1975 album aren’t autobiographical, writing in his memoir that they were instead inspired by the
Rock ’n’ roll pioneer Alan Freed had no problem with upsetting the moral guardians of the ‘50s, but in the end he paid a very
It took 10 years for Kevin Cronin to complete the song that became one of REO Speedwagon’s most definitive power ballads. When he finally delivered
For a brief span in the ’80s, there was nothing on television that could compare to Miami Vice. The opening credits let you know you were
Released Jan. 25, 1970. M*A*S*H was where Robert Altman first earned his reputation as on of Hollywood’s most idiosyncratic directors. The movie was a massive success, winning
Written, recorded and released over a period of just 10 days, John Lennon’s “Instant Karma!” was a big seller, boasted one of rock’s most inventive
AC/DC closed out their Highway to Hell tour on Jan. 27, 1980, with a makeup date in Southampton, U.K. No one knew it at the time
The Troubled Creation of Van Halen’s ‘Amsterdam’