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On Nov 3rd 1990, 25 years after their version was recorded, The Righteous Brothers went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with “Unchained Melody”. The...
I can’t think of anyone apart from Elvis who has had such an influence and hold on musical culture for over 40 years, the singer became...
The occasional lapse into white-boy reggae aside, The Clash’s masterpiece was all the better for the fact that it transcended punk. Ska, rockabilly and jazz all...
The three-chord guitar riff introduction, and ‘Hey! Ho! Let’s go!’ came the cry, a simple, catchy melody, and they were off. The Ramones created something that...
On November 29th 2001, former Beatles guitarist George Harrison died in Los Angeles of lung cancer, aged 58. Following the breakup of The Beatles, Harrison had...
1. Forceps used during his birth caused permanent damage to his left earlobe, cheek and neck. 2. He got his first break in 1935 when his...
Wynette was called the First Lady of Country Music, and her best-known song, “Stand by Your Man”, was one of the best-selling hit singles by a...
Few rock bands have achieved the success and longevity that INXS enjoyed. Fewer still can claim this without a single personnel change. All six members recorded...
Born with a voice to die for, his audacious debut Grace made him one of the most popular alternative artists of the ’90s, accentuated by his...
On 13th Sept 1996, American rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur died after being shot six days earlier when he was driving through Las Vegas. 13 bullets were...
On 11th July 1992, a range of eight ties, designed by Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead, went on sale in the US. President Bill Clinton...
London, October 14, 2014: To the Irish Embassy near Hyde Park Corner where a beat-up 1961 sunburst Fender Stratocaster guitar with rosewood fretboard, worn and frayed...
On 1st February 1995, Richey Edwards, guitarist with the Manic Street Preachers, vanished, leaving no clues to his whereabouts. He left the Embassy Hotel in London...
Kurt Cobain, guitarist, singer, songwriter with Nirvana was born on 20th Feb 1967. During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness...
25 Frank Zappa Facts… 1 In 1964, Ray Collins, drummer Jimmy Carl Black, bassist Roy Estrada, saxophonist Dave Coronado, and guitarist Ray Hunt formed The Soul...
