He's been eligible since 2002 for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honor, but it hasn't happened (yet?). His solo heyday (1980-1990) featured five straight studio albums that earned at least gold status,...
In 1979, Supertramp became one of the most successful bands in America, thanks to an album (Breakfast in America) that explored the country from the perspective of an Englishman.The band was originally...
Movie maker Scorsese also used Muddy’s songs in scores to some of his biggest movies, including Goodfellas, Casino, The Color of Money, and Shine A Light, the acclaimed Rolling Stones Rock Concert...
As a child, she was stricken with polio and she was put in a hospital ward and was terrified most by the children “who were forced to live inside the iron lung.” later she recovered from polio.
Berry wore many different hats. Before he made it big on the music scene, he worked at his father’s construction company, at an auto plant and as a freelance photographer. He also followed in his...
By the time he hit high school, Buddy Holly was playing guitar; by 1953, when he was only 17, he was playing regularly on radio in the country-and-western duo Buddy and Bob (Bob was Bob Montgomery, a friend...
In 1973, during a show in Hollywood, the brothers were in the middle of their set when the venue’s manager came on stage to alert the crowd that the show had been cancelled due to Don Everly being...
Herman's Hermits were outselling the Beatles in the States. The Manchester act sold more than 80 million records. They were a squeaky-clean, music hall act safe for the whole family. They starred in a...