Category: History

Elton John’s 21st studio album perhaps wasn’t his best ever, but it was a remarkable achievement compared with what came before. His star had faded

Elton John was at a low ebb in the late ‘80s. A series of albums bombed, and he’d made the terrible mistake of marrying Renate

When Lindsey Buckingham was asked to write two songs for 1983’s National Lampoon’s Vacation, the call came at the right moment. He was looking for something

Aerosmith’s debut single “Dream On” is timeless. And its creation is remarkable, considering the song was only completed thanks to a suitcase full of drug money. The

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts soared to No. 8 then earned a Grammy nomination for “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” only to see the

John Lennon and Paul McCartney are often regarded as the greatest songwriting tandem of all time, thanks to timeless material with the Beatles. Yet someone

This spoken-word prologue kicked off Billy Idol’s sixth studio LP: “All information should be free. It is not. Information is power and currency in the

When Fresh, the sixth album by Sly & the Family Stone, went on sale on June 30, 1973, it wasn’t the LP that reviewers had praised

Unlike most of the other material, “Jamie’s Cryin’” wasn’t completely fleshed out when Van Halen began recording their self-titled debut album in 1977. “When we

Kansas was at the top of their game in the summer of 1978 when the Rolling Stones made an offer they couldn’t refuse. They’d just