Gibson wrote the song Wake Up To Love when bored in history class. She had played in a club the night before and was sleepy. She kept thinking wake up wake up, and it hit her, “Wake up to...
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,...
The lead singer of the German band “Modern Talking” Thomas Anders once competed in a Radio Luxembourg music contest in 1979 but did not win. His partner and producer Dieter Bohlen was...
She was one of the world's most successful singers. Her first three singles raced into the top ten in all corners of the globe, while her six albums shifted a whopping 30 million copies. Sam was once asked...
Before becoming famous she worked as a clerk at Leeds Magistrates' Court and sang in the band Dignity. Her 1992 single "Sleeping Satellite" shot to number on the Irish and U.K. Singles Charts. The next...
MTV rejected her hit “DAMN, I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER” original version of the video on grounds of erotic content. The original video was far leas controversial than many of Madonna's videos....
They took their name because they combined electric rock instruments with orchestral instruments. "Light Orchestras" were small orchestras popular in England in the '60s. At the time, an ad for their album...
Kadison dated the actress Sarah Jessica Parker, of Sex and the City fame, and broke up with her before recording the song “Jessie”, leading to speculation that she is "Jessie." Kadison avoids...
She was a member of Chapter 8, a funk band and she has won eight Grammy Awards, including one for her single "Sweet Love." She was given up by her teenage biological mother and subsequently raised by a...
His first paid music gig was as a background singer for a local band at age fourteen. He won a Grammy Award for his rendition of "Beauty and the Beast" in 1992. He was once engaged to former Miss Virginia...
Mayfield won a Grammy Legend Award in 1994 and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995, and was a double inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of the Impressions in 1991, and again...
She Fell Into Singing By Accident
Sade had originally wanted to go into modeling but she ended up singing some songs in order to help some friends out. These friends needed a backup singer, and Sade showed...
He also worked as an actor, playing the role of John Dunaway in the third season of the television series thirtysomething from 1989 until 1990. In 1971, J.D’s best friend and roommate was Glenn Frey...
His famous hit Escape (The Piñ-a Colada song) was at the top of the Billboard charts for two decades without interruption. Before this became a hit, there weren't many places you could get a piña...