When the title track from Steve Winwood’s Roll With It streaked to No. 1, it was proof positive that U.S. listeners were craving music that hearkened
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While Metallica’s late ‘90s era remains divisive for some fans, one song from the 27 that appeared on the Load and Reload albums remains more or
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