In 1969, when the Alabama blues pioneer Big Mama Thornton inked a deal with Chicago’s Mercury Records to record her third album, Stronger Than Dirt,
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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
First impressing as the resonant-voiced frontman of Poet And The Roots on the 1978 album Dread Beat An’ Blood, political activist-turned-poet-and-essayist Linton Kwesi Johnson emerged
Though still only 29 years old when he recorded Expansions for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, on Friday, August 23, 1968, Philadelphia pianist
He couldn’t boast the effortless authority of Muddy Waters. He wasn’t an outlandish marketable character like Bo Diddley. He couldn’t terrify you from across the
Etta James was a mere 17 when she had her first R&B success, in 1955, with “The Wallflower.” Her chart record immediately thereafter was up
Across a career that has spanned seven studio albums and countless singles, Demi Lovato has built a body of songs that deftly chronicles the challenges
In the mid-1990s, the neo-traditional sounds of George Strait, Alan Jackson, and Reba McEntire were competing for dominance with the mega-pop country icons of Garth
On August 18, 1979, Rainbow were on a roll, as one of the powerhouse British rock bands of the day entered the UK chart with
You’ve probably heard of CBGBs, but we’d wager you’ve never given a second’s thought to what the initials stand for. It might be one of