On This Day in 2024, We Lost the Stockbroker Who Played Piano for The Beatles Before They Were The Beatles
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On This Day 35 Years Ago, Sinéad O’Connor Took a Stand at the Grammy Awards Without Even Attending the Ceremony
Despite famously never wanting to become a pop singer, Sinéad O’Connor did just that upon the release of…
The Alternate, Arguably Clunkier Title That Nearly Replaced Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson”
“Mrs. Robinson” by Simon & Garfunkel is one of those rare, synergistic examples of music and film combining…
This 1977 One-Hit Wonder Regretted His “Novelty” Song That Resulted in Multiple Death Threats: “The Worst Kind of Hit”
There are few double-edged swords as paradoxical and regret-inducing as an artist who achieved great commercial success with…
4 Super Underrated Songs From 1988 That Hit the Top 10
1988 was a heady time in the world of pop music. All kinds of genres were starting to…
3 Songs That Resonated With Teens More Than Adults in the Late 1980s
Teens have always embraced new pop sounds more than adults of every respective era. That’s probably because they’re…
3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1960s That No One Remembers Anymore (but They Were Better Than the Rest)
So many incredible one-hit wonders hit the charts during the 1960s. Because there were so many of them,…
4 Classic Albums Delivered by Artists When They Needed Them the Most
Many classic albums in the history of pop and rock music came from artists who were at a…
3 Stories About The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson as Told by His Contemporaries
Brian Wilson was the genius behind much of The Beach Boys’ body of work. He was known for…
3 Pop Stars From the 1960s Who Are Known by One-Word Names
In the 1960s, music was taking off in a new way. Thanks to the proliferation of records and…
How Laura Branigan Took an Italian Classic and Turned It Into an 80s Post-Disco Hit
A hit is a hit in any language. Laura Branigan likely would have agreed with that sentiment. One…
What We Know About Robyn’s New Album, ‘Sexistentual’
If you have ever scream-shouted the lyrics “My style is the bomb didi bom di deng gi deng…