The song was written by a now-well known songwriter, who performed on the recording. Monkees-mania was in full swing as the single had orders of over 1 million copies
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20 years after Neil Diamond’s single of “Red Red Wine” was issued and five years after UB40 first released it as a single, the song finally went #1
Doc Pomus wrote the lyrics from his wheelchair about watching his bride dance at their wedding. Dick Clark discovered the song’s huge potential
A Detroit DJ takes a call from a listener who tells him that when “Strawberry Fields Forever” is played backwards, a voice says, “Turn me on, dead man.” Then more clues surface
He founded the traditional Irish band nearly 6 decades ago, helping to popularize the music around the world, often collaborating with music’s biggest stars
Sir Roderick joins classic rockers Paul McCartney, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Tom Jones and Van Morrison as a British knight
Even before Grohl auditioned for Nirvana in September 1990, Kurt Cobain had seen him with the band Scream and noted, “That’s the kind of drummer we need”
Long term creative and personal differences came to a head when the band went on tour without their singer, songwriter and keyboard player. So he sued
Some couples share a very special love. That was the case with the onetime Small Face/Face’s keyboardist and his wife, Kim Moon
The singer was behind two of the most beautiful ballads of the ’60s. He later joined the Four Seasons and Tommy James & the Shondells