Besides working for a Ford Dagenham factory, she worked as a model. She won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 with "Puppet on a String." Sandie Shaw's trademark of always singing barefoot on stage was...
Her hit “Downtown” won a Grammy in 1965 for Best Rock & Roll Recording, making Clark the first British singer to win a Grammy. In 2003, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame....
His hit "Alone Again (Naturally)" became one of the most depressing songs ever written it tells a rather sad tale of a lonely, suicidal man being left at the altar and then telling the listener about the...
Shakin' Stevens caught a big break in 1977 after being discovered by TV producer Jack Good. Good had worked with The Beatles on their first TV special called Around the Beatles and was working on a new...
Meat Loaf was so determined to avoid being enrolled into the army that he deliberately put on 68Ibs in a month in an attempt to fail a medical. The army still passed him fit and sent him his draft notice...
She was put into foster care when her parents were stricken with poverty also when she was a teenager, Cher was arrested for stealing a car: She was watching a friend’s car while he was running an...
In 1960, when another singer failed to show up for a Kings of Rhythm recording session, Turner sang the lead on a track titled “A Fool in Love.” The record was then sent to a radio station...
Donna was an accomplished visual artist and her art work had earned her over $1.2 million dollars. Donna was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the US Billboard...
Hit movie Fame, directed by Alan Parker, catapulted Irene Cara to stardom. Won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing “Flashdanc” What a Feeling. She...
Long before American Idol, there was the British series The Big Time, which followed ordinary people on their quest for stardom. Easton was on the show in 1980 and it helped launch her career, making her...
Prince was among many of the height challenged superstars of his decade such as Michael J. Fox, Paul Simon, Robin Williams & Tom Cruise. Standing at the height of 5’2, Prince often wore heels...
When China was still recovering from its extreme isolationism previously imposed by leader Mao Zedong, there was still little interaction with the west — especially when it came to music. George...