circa 1980: British actress and pop singer Toyah Wilcox, lead singer of the punk band Toyah. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) New wave was, well, new in the 1980s, and many songs from…
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4 Rock and Roll Songs That Define the Classic Sound of the 1950s
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL — Pictured: Gary Busey as Buddy Holly — (Photo by: Paul W. Bailey/NBC) There are certain times in history when we can see a musical genre come alive. For rock…
3 Johnny Cash Songs That Should Have Been Way Bigger Hits on the Radio
ANAHEIM, CA – MARCH 11: Country singer/songwriter Johnny Cash plays acoustic guitar as he performs onstage at the Anaheim Convention Center on March 11, 1978 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs…
4 One-Hit Wonders I Honestly Can’t Believe Were Ever Released
AMERICAN BANDSTAND – “Show Coverage/ Selects & Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Family Selects” – Airdate November 3, 1986. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) REBBIE…
On This Day in 1975, Country Music Lost the Singer Who Inspired Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, George Jones, and “Perhaps the Biggest Supergroup of All Time”
Lefty Frizzell, portrait, with custom Paul Bigsby guitar, USA, 1955. (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns) On this day (July 19) in 1975, Lefty Frizzell died after suffering a stroke at the age of…