The J. Geils Band’s “Love Stinks” barely cracked the Top 40 in 1980, but it was the catalyst for the group’s subsequent success and a
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The failure of James Taylor’s Beatles-backed 1968 self-titled debut hit him hard, and in more ways than one. He left Apple Records for Warner Bros.,
By 1984 Foreigner were enjoying the fruits of rock stardom, while also discovering the baggage that came with them. The group’s first four albums —
Timothy B. Schmit joined just in time to watch the Eagles disintegrate. Ironically, things couldn’t have started in a better place for the former Poco
David Bowie played with a lot of great guitarists in his day. But on Feb. 5, 1970, he introduced audiences to the one that arguably
It would soon become one of Bruce Springsteen’s defining moments but, at the time, the song didn’t even have its famous title: Springsteen and the
Things were going so well for Billy Idol that he titled a recent album Charmed Life. In fact, he was feeling so charmed that he
Pink Floyd kicked off a tour in support of The Wall on Feb. 7, 1980, at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Auditorium – and it
The Fog, which premiered on Feb. 8, 1980, might be the most uneven of the films John Carpenter made in the first decade of his
“Only the Young” became an inspirational touchstone, a homecoming spark, then an in-concert triumph. But first, it got left off one of Journey’s biggest albums.