LONDON – MAY 19: (L-R) English musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist George Harrison (1943-2001), English musician, singer and drummer Ringo Starr, English singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lennon (1940-1980), and English singer,…
Born 109 Years Ago Today in Illinois, the Talking Blues Cowboy Who Scored a No. 1 Hit With This Clever Anti Smoking Song
Country swing singer and songwriter Tex Williams performs on NBC radio circa 1947. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) A prominent figure on the post-World War II Western swing scene, Tex Williams…
Remember When Patty Loveless and George Jones Released a Song Together in the 90s?
Patty Loveless on 6/29/96 in Chicago, Il. (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage) Patty Loveless didn’t do a lot of songs with other artists, which is what makes the ones she did stand out…
3 Songs From 1965 That Teens Couldn’t Stop Playing in Their First Car
The Beatles rehearse at the ABC Theatre, Blackpool for the group’s bill-topping appearance on ABC TV’s Blackpool Night Out, 1 August 1965. Left to right: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and…
One Year Ago Today, We Lost the Last Surviving Member of the Vocal Quartet Whose No. 1 Hit Soundtracked ‘Halloween,’ ‘Deadpool,’ and ‘Stranger Things’
The Chordettes pose for a studio group portrait in 1956 in the United States. (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns) Has there even been a more infectious tune in the history of sound than…