Pop group the Bee Gees posed with a stuffed polar bear in an office in London circa April 1968. Members of the band are, from left, Colin Petersen, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb…
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3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1980s That Everyone Remembers After the First Note
Certain songs get you ecstatic in an instant. In a flash, you hear them and your heart starts to race. Your blood starts to pump a bit faster. Your toes begin to…
Remember When The Beach Boys Released a Diss Track at This Musical Rival?
Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images We often think of a diss track as something that’s thrown between two musical acts in stereotypically “assertive” genres, like rock ‘n’ roll, modern pop, and…
Born 103 Years Ago in Alabama, the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Country Icon Who Turned Heartache Into Classics and Shaped the Future of Country Music
Hank Williams On this day (September 17), in 1923, Hiram Williams was born in Mount Olive, Alabama. History remembers him as Hank Williams. He took the nickname when he was a teenage…
4 Merle Haggard Lyrics That Still Stop Us in Our Tracks
Merle Haggard From his baritone voice to his influence on the Bakersfield sound, there are plenty of things to love about Merle Haggard. One thing that’s impossible to ignore, however, is his…