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American musician and songwriter Leon Russell was born Claude Russell Bridgeson April 2, 1942, the second of John Griffith and Hester Evel (née Whaley) Bridges’ two...
1. The band had two incarnations prior to Linkin Park. Three school friends – Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, and Brad Delson founded the band Xero and...
In Sept 1955, Little Richard entered a New Orleans recording studio to begin two days of recording. Things were not going well and during a break,...
1. She was born in Huntington, New York, on March 27, 1970, to an Irish-American mother Patricia Hickey and an African American/Venezuelan father Alfred Roy Carey....
1. Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943), left school in 1961 with seven O-levels and three A-levels and had seriously considered becoming either a journalist...
American singer, songwriter and actress Miley Ray Cyrus was born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992. Her parents nicknamed her “Smiley”, which they later shortened...
American blues singer and musician McKinley Morganfield was born on 4 April 1913, (although his place and date of birth are not conclusively known). He became...
There’s something very nice and warm about Neil Diamond — he’s like an old friend, a comfy pair of slippers, he’s your favourite uncle. You see,...
Having survived the rocky path from a struggling songsmith to superstardom, Neil Young is one of few performers to have achieved eminence yet at the same...
Like almost everyone else I discovered Nick Drake far too late to save him. What is unusual is that when I was on Melody Maker during...
Oasis appeared almost from nowhere in 1991, just as the Madchester scene was fading. Oasis really did put the rock back into roll. They were rough...
English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark formed in Wirral, Merseyside in 1978 by co-founders Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass guitar) and Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals),...
Ozzy Osbourne should be dead. Not because he bit the head of a bat, no, Ozzy has consumed more than his fair share of illegal substances,...
Undeniably a legendary figure in the world of music and with a career spanning several decades and over 30 studio albums under his belt, Paul Weller...
Phil Collins was born 30 January 1951 in Chiswick, Middlesex. His father was an insurance agent and his mother worked as a theatrical agent. He was...
