Billy Idol was the first musician to include an email address in the liner notes for an album.Idol was technologically fore thinking, recording his 1993 album Cyberpunk on an Apple Macintosh...
After some mean kids knocked his books out of his hands one day, as teen on his way to a piano lesson, Billy decided to add boxing lessons to his schedule and went on to win some Golden Gloves amateur...
Lionel Richie seriously considered studying divinity to become a priest with the Episcopal Church, but ultimately decided he was not “priest material” and decided to continue his musical career.
Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” became the first rock and roll song to win a Grammy Award for Record of the Year and hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Poco was part of the first wave West Coast country rock band genre, since their beginning in 1968. The lineup has changed over the years, but Poco has been around and making music now for 49 years.
British instrumental group 'The Shadows' in London, they were also Cliff Richard's backing band from 1958 to 1968. They had hit singles such as "Apache" and "Riders in the Sky" in the 60's.
Trisha Yearwood wanted to be Cher for a long time, but not for the singing," Yearwood said once. "I just thought she was so cool. I wanted her long hair and I wanted to weigh five pounds." Later,...
Tanya Tucker had a passion for acting as well. She was the lead in the made-for-TV flick Follow That Car (1980) and co-starred in the 1981 film Hard Country, which featured Jan-Michael Vincent,...
The next Colonel Sanders is giving the character a little bit of “country music flair.” KFC has picked singer Reba McEntire to play the founder of the fried chicken chain, the first female...
Patsy Cline wouldn't perform until she received payment first. "No dough, no show" would be her mantra. Cline also became the first female country singer to headline in Vegas.
Cline's avid fans have marked...
Singing about farming is a common theme in country music, but it is less common to have truly lived it. The original members of Alabama all grew up in cotton country, and Randy Owens has been involved...
Axl came down to add some background vocals to Henley's 'I Will Not Go Quietly' and Henley returned the favor a short time later when regular Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler was in rehab. GN'R were...
Italian-born television and film actress Pier Angeli made her acting debut in the starring role of the 1951 film "Teresa" for which she won a Golden Globe Award.