“Pinball Wizard” is one of those very special pieces of music: a great rock song, but at the same time a classic pop song, and
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Even by prog’s rigorous standards, prolific shapeshifters Gentle Giant were almost unassailably virtuosic. Long-serving guitarist Gary Green and multi-instrumentalist sibling founder members Phil, Derek, and
By the early 1980s, the Top 20 placings that Camel achieved on the British album charts with Moon Madness and Rain Dances were something of
Ella Fitzgerald was, in so many ways, the making of Verve Records. Norman Granz had been running Clef for over half a decade and had
The March 2017 release of Neil Diamond 50 — The 50th Anniversary Collection not only marked half a century of creativity by an American original.
Alluring and sensual, Sting’s 2000 hit “Desert Rose” represents a high-water mark in the artist’s illustrious career. A global smash that undoubtedly contributed to the
Over the course of her decades-spanning discography, Mary J. Blige has been a conduit for communal pain and healing. She’s shared her world and given
Before and during his climb to worldwide adulation and 100 million worldwide album sales, Rod Stewart, born on January 10, 1945, made a series of formative
John Cougar Mellencamp’s seventh album, 1983’s Uh-Huh was a milestone release in more ways than one. His first long-playing disc to be issued adding his
Scottish hitmakers Wet Wet Wet were five years into their UK singles chart career when 1992 began with phenomenal new success – in the nick