The fifth solo album by Don Henley, Cass County, was a delightfully country-flavored return by a figurehead of modern American music. It’s the latest entry
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June 1970 was a breakthrough month for Free. After two years of critical success and building their name as a live attraction, they were finally
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
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
Succinct and to the point, the title of Imagine Dragons’ third album, Evolve, said it all. The Las Vegas quartet arrived with a bang with
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
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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
A song with Japanese lyrics that few international listeners could understand, sporting an original title that translated as “I Look Up When I Walk,” recorded
American songwriter and jazz pianist Cy Coleman may not quite be up there with the Gershwins and Porters in terms of his worldwide reputation. But