The Pointer Sisters (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage) Beginning in the early 1970s, The Pointer Sisters spent more than 20 years releasing hit after hit. The group, made up of siblings June Pointer,…
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2 Years Ago Today, We Lost the Hall of Fame Songwriter Who Penned Johnny Cash’s “Jackson” and Kenny Rogers’ “Coward of the County”
Billy Edd Wheeler On this day (September 16) in 2024, Billy Edd Wheeler died in his Swannanoa, North Carolina, home at the age of 91. He is best remembered as the songwriter…
3 Country Songs From 1971 That Every 70s Kid Still Knows Today
THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL — Episode 7 — Pictured: Loretta Lynn — (Photo by: Gary Null/NBC via Getty Images) The year 1971 became an important part of country music. The start of an…
4 Incredibly Sad Soft Rock Songs That Bring a Tear to Any Baby Boomer’s Eye
Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images With its tender melodies, lush instrumentation, and soulful grooves, soft rock is the perfect musical vehicle for all things sentimental and sappy. This genre thrives in matters…
If You Grew up in the 70s, These 4 Songs Were Childhood Staples
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet, Musiksendung, Deutschland 1970, Gaststar: Elton John. (Photo by Arthur Grimm/United Archives via Getty Images) I didn’t grow up in the 70s, and these songs were some of my…