Before they became the Supremes, they were called the Primettes. They formed as a sister group to a male group called the Primes (this group would later be renamed the Temptations). In early 1961, when...
Jerry Lewis saved Rick from being deported
When it looked like Rick was going to get kicked out of the country as an alien even after spending $10,000 on paperwork, one call from a manager to good...
Bobby Bland collaborated with B.B. King for two albums in the 1970s The Blues and soul singer who was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1981 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.
One of Swayze's first film roles was in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders (1983). Swayze was amongst many young cast members poised on the cusp of fame, including Emilio Estevez, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe...
He became disillusioned with the idea of being an artist. He only learned to sing because he had to. He never really liked his voice, and still don't really. So he decided he'd just be a songwriter. One...
Michael Jackson may be the king of pop but the media often crown Kenny Loggins the king of the movie soundtrack. It would be difficult to remember the Tom Cruise smash hit Top Gun without humming “Danger...
He Married a Dirty Dancing Star. Marx’s first wife was Cynthia Rhodes, who is best known for her role in Dirty Dancing as Penny Johnson. Rhodes also played roles in Flashdance and Staying Alive,...
Some famous friends helped him get ‘Back in the High Life Again’James Taylor can be heard adding background vocals to ‘Back in the High Life Again,’ and soul diva Chaka Khan also...
The name Simply Red is a tribute to Mick's favourite football team. Born and raised in Manchester, Mick's favourite football team in Manchester United and 'simply red' is a nod to the team's colours.
Dave Bickler and Jim Peterik both worked as jingle singers before forming the band. Peterik sang a popular Sunkist commercial that re-worked the Beach Boys song "Good Vibrations."
Change the WorldMichael J. Fox, Joan Jett and Jon Bon Jovi perform at a benefit for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson, in New York City in 2003.
The band's original manager, Guy Stevens, got the idea for the name from his friend's Burmese cat. It is Latin for "beyond these things." Stevens would also be responsible for naming Mott the Hoople as...
The band got its name when performing at the Cricketer's Arms Hotel in Richmond, a small town near Melbourne. Colin and Ron spotted a street sign in the parking lot, denoting caution of a road construction...
In the 1984 film, "Firestarter" Drew Barrymore stars as an 8-year-old girl with the ability to start fires with just a glance. Heather Locklear and David Keith also star in the film as her parents.
Chuck Berry once opened a restaurant called The Southern Air in Missouri. According to a former waitress, Berry wired the women’s toilets with a video camera and recorded some two hundred unsuspecting...