He became infatuated with the saxophone after watching a musician play one on The Ed Sullivan Show. He started taking lessons when he was 10 years old. He once set a world record in 1997 for playing the...
He was the record producer for The Beatles and their individual members, as well as for Pink Floyd and for his own Alan Parsons Project. He is responsible for ground breaking audio effects on Pink Floyd’s...
The duo is best known for the 1987 hit single "Love Changes (Everything)" which won an Ivor Novello Award. Founder and lead vocalist Simon Climie has contributed as a songwriter to Rick Astley's albums...
Dean Martin was nicknamed the "King of Cool" for his seemingly effortless charisma and self-assurance. He and Jerry Lewis formed the immensely popular comedy duo Martin and Lewis, with Martin serving as...
He studied fine art and briefly worked as an art teacher. He played with bands like The City Blues before working with Roxy Music. He also provided the song "Is Your Love Strong Enough" for Tom...
She worked as a shop assistant and trained as a piano tuner. Later she began her career singing with local English punk bands, including The Vandals. She has sold over two million records in the U.K. made...
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....