Before the June 25, 1982 release of the transatlantic chart-topper “Come On Eileen,” many had written Dexys Midnight Runners frontman Kevin Rowland off. Though it
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Usually, the cult following comes before the breakout single. But that wasn’t how things worked for Carly Rae Jepsen, whose 2015 masterpiece EMOTION turned her
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Following 1995’s Exit Planet Dust and 1997’s Dig Your Own Hole, all eyes were on crossover UK dance act The Chemical Brothers. Surrender, released on
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
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Before The Weeknd became a chart-topping pop star, the singer was a faceless force of the underground alt-R&B scene. Born Abel Tesfaye, the Toronto native
“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