When Chapman was a young student she was a hit at the "coffeehouse" on campus. In the yearbook from her senior year at Wooster, she is one of the few students who didn't choose song lyrics to run alongside...
"Flash Gordon" was a 1980 sci-fi action film based on the comic strip of the same name starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol and Max von Sydow.
Shirley Bassey has become synonymous with James Bond thanks to her work on the classic theme songs. But can you name them all? She has actually worked on three: 'Goldfinger', 'Diamonds Are Forever' and...
He was once an amateur boxer.
Fighting under the name “Kid Crotchet,” Dean was reputedly a very good welterweight boxer. His record, was 24 wins and 6 losses in 30 bouts.
Dean was so broke...
A panel of producers and hosts From Canadian national network CBC compiled a list of the 25 Greatest Canadian Singers Ever. They announced on March 31, 2013 that Lang had topped the survey, followed by...
Joe Cocker shows off his Order of the British Empire award, presented to him by Prince Charles during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in 2007 for his service to music.
In high school, Harry experimented with makeup, often leaving her ostracized as a child claiming that “an oval face was considered beautiful, not a broad round blob like mine, which earned me the...
Pink Floyd‘s founding member Syd Barrett is to be honoured with the announcement of a Cambridge-based tribute concert it has been reported.
The concert happens the same day as the unveiling of a...
Riding to the hospital where he would need 10 stitches to his scalp after receiving a beating from a plain clothed detective. During one of his tours, with Billie Holiday, he was arrested for drug possession....
In 1983, Herbie Hancock scored his first breakthrough hit with "Rockit," a song that many recognize as the first single ever to feature scratching. The video for the song was a hit as well, winning 5 trophies...
Al Jarreau made history as the first Grammy winner across the genres of jazz, pop, and R&B. He has been nominated several times including in 2013 for Best Jazz Album and Best Children’s Album.
Benson’s first instrument was the ukulele because his hands were not yet big enough for the guitar when he started playing music at the young age of 7. The design of the Ibanez LGB300 guitar is inspired...
Quincy Jones at Grammy Awards in New York City, March 1991. He received six awards, including Album of the Year for Back On The Block. The album features legendary musicians and singers from across three...
In 1974, Stevie Wonder penned a single ‘Tell Me Something Good’ for the group Rufus and earned them a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus in 1974, four...