It’s a good time to be a Nat ‘King’ Cole fan. A new visualizer has arrived on YouTube for “Orange Colored Sky,” bringing new color
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Elton John performing in the early 1970s. Photo: Peter Sanders/Redferns The young Elton John struggled to make his voice heard as a singer-songwriter throughout the
Can you name the song that connects the Beach Boys with the Rolling Stones? It is the fabulous “Fannie Mae” by Buster Brown. Beach Boy,
On August 4, 1958, Ricky Nelson‘s “Poor Little Fool” edged out Perez Prado’s “Patricia” to become the first No.1 on Billboard‘s newly-introduced Hot 100 chart. You
“I want my MTV,” intones the distinctive voice of Sting at the beginning of Dire Straits’ “Money for Nothing.” Europe finally got its MTV on August
The fleeting incarceration of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards after their drug convictions of 1967 was one of the biggest stories of what became known
By the time the Carpenters made their fourth studio album A Song For You, their place in the firmament of pop music was so assured
It’s an absolute classic, a power ballad and one that became the template for so many that followed in the 1980s by all those “hair
Brian Wilson, a founding member of The Beach Boys, has passed away. He was 82 years old. Earlier today, the following message was posted on
“In a tuxedo, I’m a star. In regular clothes, I’m a nobody.” So said Dean Martin, a man of many faces. Velvet-voiced crooner of some