When people talk about the usual suspects are guaranteed to be mentioned. Bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Jam, Green Day, Bad Religion, and Rancid are always talked about, but there are ...

Mel McDaniel was a country musician whose career peaked in the 1980s. He was born in the early 1940s. As such, it shouldn’t be surprising to learn he’s one of the people who became interested in a ...

Eydie Gorme was active from the early 1950s to the late 2000s. She came from a Sephardic Jewish background. As such, she spoke fluent Spanish, thus enabling her to perform pop and Latin pop. Sometimes ...

Courtney Hadwin is an English singer-songwriter who has been active since 2014. So far, she hasn’t managed to become a household name. However, Hadwin is somewhat well-known because she participated ...

Jethro Tull is a British rock band that has been in the music industry for more than fifty years. The original band was formed in 1967 by Ian Anderson, Glenn Corning, Mick Abrahams, and Clive Bunker.

Country music’s roots are in rural areas of the Southern and Western United States. Traditional Celtic and Scottish folk songs and ballads started evolving in the Appalachian Mountains. In 1923, ...

Don McLean is an American singer-songwriter who is best known for his hits “American Pie” and “Vincent (Starry Starry Night).” McLean has released numerous iconic songs that have become staples of ...

Silk is a musical group consisting of Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak. Anderson is a drummer, singer, and rapper, who is also a member of the production team N.E.R.D. Bruno Mars is a singer, songwriter, ...

Arthur C. Clark said that magic is a science we do not understand. It is perhaps for this reason that we term whatever we cannot explain as magic. It could be falling in love in the most unexpected ...

Greatest hits albums have been around since the late 50s. Johnny’s Greatest hits was the first greatest hits album, peaking at number one on Billboard’s Best Selling Pop L.P.’s chart. The two ...

In 1958, a Las Vegas booking agent spotted Wayne Newton (who was still in his junior year at high school at the time) and his brothers performing on a local TV show. He signed them up to perform in ...

Before Paul Simon decided to pour his love of reggae into his 1972 hit, Mother and Child Reunion, very few mainstream rock artists had incorporated the sounds of Jamaica into their music. Since then, ...