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Bye-Bye Love, Hello The Everly Brothers and Their Heartbreaking Tune

About 30 other artists had previously rejected this song before The Everly Brothers recorded it. It became their first hit…

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April Showers Bring May Flowers, and ‘Maggie May’ Deflowered Rod Stewart

This song is about the woman who deflowered Stewart when he was 16. In the January 2007 issue of Q…

8 years ago

Dennis the Menace through the Years

Was Dennis the Menace the America's original bad boy? After all, this 50s childhood icon was a misbehaved youngster who…

8 years ago

How The Beatles Made A Hit Song Without Touching Any Instruments

The Beatles' Revolver is an album many consider not just to be the band's greatest, but the greatest record ever…

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There Goes My Heart, Into the Void of Sadness That Is Roy Orbison’s “Only The Lonely”

While this is one of the sadder songs ever recorded, projecting the misery onto Roy Orbison would be a mistake.…

8 years ago

Frank Sinatra’s “My Way,” is the Only Way To Sing About Death

This originated as the French song called "Comme D'Habitude" (translation: "As Usual"), written by the composers Jacques Revaux and Gilles…

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Freddy Fender’s Blues Ballad That Everyone Wasted Days and Nights Listening To

Freddy Fender wrote and recorded "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights", a blues ballad, for Duncan Records in 1959, during the…

8 years ago

Louis Armstrong Has Everyone, Not Just Dolly, Glowin’ and Swayin’

In 1964, Armstrong knocked The Beatles off the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Hello, Dolly!", which gave…

8 years ago

Glenn Miller’s Swing Ballad That Brought Romance to the Dance Floor

"Moonlight Serenade" is an American swing ballad composed by Glenn Miller with subsequent lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It was an…

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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama

"Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd that first appeared in 1974 on their second…

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‘Leader Of The Pack.’ – The Shangri Las

This is a tale of young love, parental disapproval and death by motorbike. Mary Weiss, the lead vocalist of the…

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Remembering Legendary Horror Movie Director Wes Craven

Wes Craven was an exceptional director, writer, actor, and producer. He was a man of many talents, and was an…

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