American singer-songwriter and musician David Gates of soft rock group, Bread, pictured in London circa 1971. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images) I don’t think a single baby boomer out there managed to…
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3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1960s That No One Else on Earth Could Have Written
UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1970: Photo of Surfaris Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The mind of a songwriter can be a strange place. You never know what might bubble up from the…
Bob Dylan’s 1985 Song About a Vietnam Vet Takes Some Wild Lyrical Turns
HARD RAIN — Pictured: Bob Dylan performing, circa 1975. — Photo by: NBCU Photo Bank In 1984, Bruce Springsteen released the song “Born In The U.S.A.”. It’s probably the most famous song…
Born 90 Years Ago Today in Tennessee, the Teen Pop Idol Turned Country Star Who Co-Wrote George Jones’ Favorite Song
Kilometer 330, Country Musiksendung, Deutschland 1989 – 1992, Gaststar: amerikanischer Countrysänger Dickey Lee. (Photo by Frank Hempel/United Archives via Getty Images) Born in Memphis on this day (September 21) in 1936, Royden…
4 Songs From 1969 That Instantly Turn Me Into a Backup Singer
Photo by Steve Morley/Redferns The lead singer gets plenty of automatic cool points because they’re the ones with the microphone (perhaps too many, and that’s coming from someone who is a lead…