Billy Joel was on a roll as he began making his eighth album. The singer-songwriter was riding three consecutive multiplatinum triumphs – 1977’s The Stranger, 1978’s
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“Shadows of the Night” endured a difficult route to becoming a global hit single in 1982 – and Pat Benatar, who made it happen, endured
“Try Not to Breathe” is a pretty bleak command. And, indeed, the second track from R.E.M.’s Automatic for the People is about death. But the
There is a legend that Aaron Spelling, who produced more television shows than anyone in history, once said, “Do you know what our suicide rate
The Season 3 premiere of Saturday Night Live was a showcase for fan-favorite SNL host Steve Martin. But it was also a testament to Dan Aykroyd’s
An enduring Saturday Night Live recurring sketch comes together with a mysterious alchemy. Dan Aykroyd and Steve Martin’s Festrunk Brothers are an example of a
As R.E.M. were completing work on their eighth studio album, Automatic for the People, in the late spring of 1992, the quartet’s members grew concerned
When the Foo Fighters began recording their sixth studio album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, they did so not only from a position of abundance, but also
Being booked as a musical performer on Saturday Night Live has always been a gamble. While SNL‘s initial variety-show approach to late-night live TV has
When Led Zeppelin broke up in 1980, Robert Plant was left to answer a complicated question: What do you do when you have already reached the