R&B singer Jean Knight poses for a portrait circa 1971. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) We always remember the era we grew up in. There is something special about the sights…
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Remember When Dire Straits’ Long-Awaited Comeback Also Turned Out To Be Their Farewell in 1991?
Vorst Nationaal – Brussel – Belgium – 01/10/1991 Dire Straits: Mark Knopfler Photo gie Knaeps Popular musicians generally realize that their time in the white-hot glow of the spotlight, if they’re lucky…
Born 84 Years Ago Today in Mississippi, the Trailblazing Country Star Who First Wrote and Recorded This Reba McEntire Classic
American singer and songwriter Bobbie Gentry posed sitting on a park bench in a London square on 13th October 1969. (Photo by Larry Ellis Collection/Getty Images) It was a few years later,…
Remember When Rod Stewart Covered a Van Morrison Classic in 1993?
“British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart performing at Sanremo Music Festival. Sanremo, February 1993 (Photo by Rino PetrosinoMondadori via Getty Images)” Rod Stewart is a prolific writer, but he doesn’t write all of his…
Born 95 Years Ago Today in North Carolina, the Legendary Music Row Mogul Who Made Stars of Kris Kristofferson, Roy Orbison, and Dolly Parton
CIRCA 1960: Fred Foster (1931 – 2019), president of Monument Records, poses with his newest signees, Fred Carter (left) and Willie Nelson in circa 1960. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Born…