In 2009, the Hollies returned with a new album, Then, Now, and Always, and the following year, they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The group continued to tour in the U.K. and Europe,...
The band started as the M&B Five, named after a brewery in Birmingham, England called Mitchell and Butler, which sponsored the band. When the group outgrew pub dates, they changed the name to The Moody...
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...
Knopfler wrote Money For Nothing – which mocks the rock star lifestyle – after hearing a “hard-hat type” complaining in a department store while MTV played in the background on...
Robert Smith from “The Cure” Met His Wife When He Was 14Smith met his wife, Mary Poole, when he was 14. They took a drama class together at school. They married in 1988. That's her as the ghostly...
Yes, it’s true. On May 31, 1976, the concert show in London by the band “The Who” was so loud that a Guinness World record was created. Later it was beaten several times by several others....
U2 was only the fourth music group to appear on the front cover of Time magazine, after the Beatles, the Band and the Who.Bono is taken from the Latin 'bono vox' which translates as good voice, it was...
The band Cranberries and their lead singer Dolores, a Roman Catholic, had the opportunity to perform at the Vatican three times, in front of Pope Benedict XVI. She performed at the annual Christmas concerts...
She has been nominated 12 times for Grammys, winning 4 times, including a win for the music video for “Physical” which won Video of the Year in 1983.She is co-owner of a health spa/retreat...
Her first television appearance came on The TonightShow.She sang a cover of Harold Arlen's "A Sleepin' Bee."Since then, she has gone on to record 50 studio albums.She's taken home ten Grammy Awards including...
Worked as a commercial jingle writer, and wrote or co-wrote ditties for State Farm Insurance (“Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there”) and Band-Aid (“I am stuck on Band-Aid’s...
Her parents were staunch movie-lovers. Her full name was Better Davis Midler and she had been named after the famous Hollywood actress Bette Davis.Bette hailed from an extremely poor family that lived...
She was on television before she started singing. When Cher was a child, her mother booked parts for her and her sister to appear as extras on shows like The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
In 1973 she became the first female solo artist inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame.Aged 13, she was hospitalised with a throat infection and rheumatic fever. According to Patsy, “The fever...
Before her music career took off, Wynette worked as a hairdresser in Mississippi. She kept up her license for the rest of her life just in case the music thing didn't pan out.
West Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA proclaimed January 29th as Thelma Houston Day in 2003 thanks to her humanitarian and tireless efforts in the battle against AIDS. In 2009, she performed on the hit television...
She first wanted to be an anesthetist, but dropped out of college due to her poor grades. She went on to sing at Casino Royal, as well as work as a ward clerk at a Chicago hospital.
She also had an impact on legends of the day such as Stevie Wonder, who plays the keyboard on Lovin' You for her. In 1979 Minnie Riperton died at age 31. She died in her husbands arms while listening to...