Otis Redding performing at the Monterey Pop Festival, 1967 A kinder fate would have made it the start of another phase of Otis Redding’s career, one in which his songwriting took center…
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Johnny Nash Made History With This Song (At It Was Shockingly His Only No. 1 Single)
American pop singer Johnny Nash, performing in London, circa 1975. (Photo by Fotos International/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Johnny Nash had one No.1 single in his entire career, and it’s “I Can See Clearly…
Born 101 Years Ago in Alabama, the “Queen of Hillbilly Swing” Who Sang Her Way Out of Poverty and Paved the Way for Women in Country Music
Rose Maddox On this day (August 15) in 1925, Rose Maddox was born in Boaz, Montana. Her career began in the late 1930s, in a family band with her brothers. They rose…
3 Songs From the 1960s That Will Turn You Into a Classic Rock Fan
January 1967: British rock group The Rolling Stones; from left to right, Brian Jones (1942 – 1969), Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Even…
4 Songs From 1981 Every 80s Kid Heard While Riding the Bus to School Each Morning
Rick Springfield at the Holiday Star Theater in Merilville, Indiana, November 18, 1981. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) Back in 1981, just about every public school kid got up early and headed…