Andrea's massive-selling duet with Sarah Brightman, 'Time To Say Goodbye', was originally intended as a farewell song to boxer Henry Maske (who was friends with Brightman), and was first performed at his...
His first appearance took place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 2 June 1965. It was his performances that would earn him the title of "King of the High Cs". Seven years later at the New York...
He co-wrote Michael Jackson's final hit, "This Is It," which was released after it was discovered at the singer's home following his 2009 death. It was recorded in the early '80s, but Anka says Jackson...
David Bowie (far left, in 1969) briefly led a group called Feathers with his then-girlfriend, Hermione Farthingale (center) and John Hutchinson in London the late '60s.
HIS FIRST LABEL CONTRACT IN 1978 WAS FOR $1
Contracts have to have a denomination passed back and forth to make them legal. And because they didn't want to give him any money, one dollar was the minimum...
In 1974, the Swedish pop group Blue Swede did a cover version of "Hooked on a Feeling" which included the catchy "ooga chaka" intro from Jonathan King's 1971 cover.
Natalie Cole was born on February 6Th 1950 to legendary crooner Nat King Cole, Natalie was honored in 1979 for her excellent work with a star on the coveted Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Bonnie Raitt was raised a Quaker and spent eight childhood summers attending a Quaker camp in New York State. "It changed my life," she told Billboard magazine. "It's where I got a lot of my humanism,...
In 2004 she founded, Bonaparte's Retreat a no-kill dog rescue that takes in adoptable dogs at risk of being euthanized at Nashville's animal shelters. Named for one of Harris' own dogs who died in 2002,...
Seen here Patti Smith reacts after being named by French culture minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres a Commander of Arts and Letters during the Solidays music festival at the Longchamp racecourse in 2005
In 1985, after the success of her first charted album “I’m In Love Again,” LaBelle changed her image, and began dressing flamboyantly in an effort to carve out an original persona. Here,...
Her career started during World War II while she worked as a radio entertainer on BBC Radio. She also worked with Anthony Newley on the film Vice Versa.
The bad “Chicago” got a regular gig at the Los Angeles club Whisky a Go Go, where in 1968 they played on Sunday and Monday nights. This is where Jimi Hendrix found them; he brought them on...
They were named after a fire engine. The name "REO Speedwagon" refers to Ransom Eli Olds, the founder of Oldsmobile. He also owned the The REO Motor Truck Company, which made a model in 1915 called the...
Eddie Van Halen the legendary rock guitarist and founder of Van Halen appeared in the TV series Two and a Half Men season 7 in 2009.658PAGESEddie has a brief cameo at the end. Here in the picture,...