Pictured here are two of Country Western musics most influential and groundbreaking female artists, Patsy Cline and Dottie West. These two women, (along with fellow artist and friend Loretta Lynn) pioneered...
Pictured here is rock band ZZ Top playing the Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School senior prom in Orange, Texas, May of 1971. As it turns out, sometime between signing the contract and the date of the...
Jason and Kylie caused a frenzy at Whitney Houston concert.
Whitney Houston has to be one of the biggest stars throughout the 80s, but she was no match for our Jason. He claims that he and Kylie were...
UB40 got their big break when Chrissie Hynde spotted them performing and asked them to join The Pretenders on an upcoming tour. The name UB40 refers to a document that was used for signing on to unemployment...
Though you might have been surprised to hear the films he was in, did you know he was also in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as a child? He appeared in The Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night”...
The band went blond because of Wrigley's gum
Back in 1977 before the band made it big, they agreed to appear in a Wrigley's commercial directed by Ridley Scott. Wrigley's demanded that the band dye their...
Don McLean found time to attend night school at Iona College and, in 1968, graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration but turned down a prestigious scholarship to Columbia University...
Bob Dylan Hurt His Feelings
When working on material for his latest album 'So Beautiful Or So What,'Paul Simon reached out to Bob Dylan with the idea that the pair, who toured together in 1999, would...
Bruce Springsteen is one of the world’s biggest Elvis fans Bruce and the E Street Band had just wrapped up another one of their four-hour extravaganzas, this one in Memphis in 1976. A wired-up Bruce...
Live Aid
"That's the greatest Queen moment of all time," the band's famous performance at London's Live Aid charity concert in 1985. "Freddie was actually told he couldn't sing – he had throat nodules....
Aritha Franklin developed a fear of flying and would only tour where she could travel by bus. In 1994, she charted in the Top 40 with “A Rose Is Still a Rose” and reprised her role in “Blues...
In October 1994, Houston attended and performed at a state dinner in the White House honoring newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela and Mandela wipied the tears of an emotional Houston on...
In 1993, the Guinness Book of World Records declared Diana Ross the most successful female music artist in history due to her success in the United States and United Kingdom for having more hits than any...
CCR starting in 1968, most of their songs were written, produced, arranged, and sung by John Fogerty. He carried a notebook full of phrases that he wanted to convert into songs, including "Bad Moon Rising,"...
He was born with the boring name of Arnold Dorsey to a British dad and Indian mom in 1936, and today the Hump man commands the respect and admiration of millions.
His Father wanted him to be an engineer
Born...
Jim Reeves went to the University of Texas on an athletic scholarship where he was a Base Ball pitcher, He eventually joined a semi-pro team.
After his short-lived baseball careers Jim Reeves was...
Born Alan Eugene Jackson
He prefers sad songs
Chocolate is his weakness
He Wasn’t A Big Fan Of Music Growing Up
He Had An Unusual Pet when he was young, A squirrel monkey
He Once Worked in a...
Born Neil Leslie Diamond
Diamond was considering the names “Ice Charry” and “Noah Kaminsky” for his stage names before he decided on Neil Diamond. We’re glad he stuck with...
Harrison was deported from Germany for being underage.
In the very early days of Beatlemania, screaming fans turned up to Harrison's house in Liverpool and were greeted by the man himself – but...
Born Neil Leslie Diamond
Diamond was considering the names “Ice Charry” and “Noah Kaminsky” for his stage names before he decided on Neil Diamond. We’re glad he stuck with...