In July 1967, David Bowie released the single “Love You Till Tuesday” which failed to reach the charts. Not surprising really, have you ever heard “Love...
According to the Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, Dire Straits have spent over 1,100 weeks on the UK albums chart, ranking fifth all time. Their...
Dolly Parton was born on 19 January 1946 in a one-room cabin on the banks of the Little Pigeon River in Pittman Center, Tennessee. The fourth...
1. His real name is Aubrey Graham. Drake is actually his middle name; he was born on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Ontario. 2. Drake’s parents...
The Birmingham and the West Midlands area of England is known as the breeding ground for some great singers: Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne, Noddy Holder, Steve...
Dusty Springfield was born Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien on 16 April 1939 in West Hampstead, England. Springfield’s elder brother, Dionysius Patrick O’Brien (2 July 1934...
The Eagles formed in Los Angeles in 1971, drummer Don Henley had migrated west from Texas with his band, Shiloh, (and was living at the home...
1. Ed Sheeran has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world’s best-selling music artists. 2. He was born in Halifax,...
In 1973, Elton John was at No.1 on the US album chart with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, the singer’s seventh album and third US No.1. Recorded...
1. Eminem was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on 17 October 1972 and is of English, Scottish, German, Swiss, Polish and Luxembourgian ancestry. 2. He became...
Eric Clapton is like an old friend you’ve known all your life. From each album or live show, you know what to expect; quality music, great...
The story of Fleetwood Mac is complicated to say the least, and one of rock’s most famous soap operas. The British Blues band that formed in...
30 Foo Fighters Facts: 1. The band was founded by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of Nirvana after the suicide...
1. Born Gary Anthony James Webb in March 1958. 2. An aspiring punk rocker, he formed his first proper band in early 1977 called Riot, which...
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...