The superstars of the Official UK Chart streaming era, these are the biggest hits from 2014 to 2024 that music has had to offer according to...
Harvey Phillip Spector was born December 26, 1939, in the Bronx, New York City. The record producer, and songwriter, is best known for his innovative recording...
Linda’s storied career was launched in the mid-1960s in Los Angeles, where she and two friends formed the Stone Poneys. Within a short period of time,...
The records that took the longest to reach the number one position on the UK charts after their first appearance on the chart are: 29 years...
From the late 50s until the end of the 80s, it was quite a spectacular occurrence for a single to go straight in at Number One...
Ariana Grande-Butera was born on June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida. Her family moved from New York to Florida before her birth, and her parents...
As of July 2024, “Blinding Lights” (2019) by Canadian singer the Weeknd is the most-streamed song to date. Four artists tie for having the most songs...
The music of the Everly Brothers influenced the Beatles, with Paul McCartney and John Lennon referring to themselves as “the British Everly Brothers”. Keith Richards called...
They say Frank Sinatra was the first ‘teen idol’ (although history tells us Franz Liszt, the 19th-century piano composer drove women to hysterics). Elvis had the...
1. Benny Andersson became (at age 18) a member of a popular Swedish pop-rock group, the Hep Stars, that performed covers, amongst other things, of international...
1. Graduating from the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in 2006, (where she was a classmate of Leona Lewis and Jessie J), Adele was...
Talking about the secret of Aerosmith’s long-lasting success, singer Steven Tyler once said; “Great melody over great riffs is, to me, the secret of it all.”...
The cover version can be difficult, but if an artist pulls it off, they can create something incredible that completely overshadows the original. These songs did...
Badfinger had four consecutive worldwide hits from 1970 to 1972: “Come and Get It” (written and produced by Paul McCartney, “No Matter What”, “Day After Day”...
Maurice Gibb and his twin brother Robin were born in Douglas, on the Isle of Man (which is a very small island off the west coast...