After years as a highly respected English blues band, they made some changes and went pop. Soon, they owned the top of the chart.
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The U.S.P.S. called the ”Prince of Soul” “one of the most influential music performers of his generation.” The legend was shot and killed on April 1, 1984
Bill Fries, a creative director for a prominent advertising agency, created the character for an award-winning TV ad campaign for a bread company
Few stories in popular music history are more shocking. On This Day, after numerous arguments, the soul legend’s father shot his own son dead
He co-founded Fountains of Wayne, best known for their 2003 song, “Stacy’s Mom.” In recent years, he produced a comeback album for The Monkees
He “could play a guitar just like a-ringin’ a bell” but he was no country boy. How one of the great rock ‘n’ roll anthems came to be
The barn where he wrote his songs, including “Time in a Bottle,” “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” and “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim,” has been marked
The Rock Hall member is best known for a series of popular singles in the 1970s that also included “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Just the Two of Us,” and “Use Me”
Paul McCartney had an idea for the Beatles’ next album cover. He explained it to the artist and photographer and they went to work.
An icon of America’s baby boomer teenage years as star of The Patty Duke Show passed away after a rich, full life of acting, awards and activism