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Gone But Not Forgotten: Otis Redding Hits #1 A Month After His Passing

Otis Redding died in a plane crash on December 10, 1967, a month before "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the…

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Charlie Rich: “The Most Beautiful Girl In The World”

  "The Most Beautiful Girl" is a song recorded by Charlie Rich and written by Bill Sherrill, Norris Wilson, and…

8 years ago

The Best Clips From MTV’s Week in Rock: When the Network Broadcast True Journalism

Before the magical age of the Internet, there were only a handful of sources the masses could turn to to…

8 years ago

The Inspiration Behind Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel”

Everyone knows Sarah McLachlan's iconic song "Angel," if not from her extensive catalog of classic hits, then from those really…

8 years ago

How Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee” Came to Be

This was written by Kris Kristofferson, who has written hundreds of songs for a wide variety of artists. Kristofferson would…

8 years ago

Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones

The 1960's and 1970's were fantastic decades for music. The Rolling Stones are certainly part of this musical revolution as…

8 years ago

Lipstick Through The Decades

In honor of National Lipstick Day DYR has put together a list of some of the defining lipstick looks over…

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Louis Armstrong Hits it Big in UK with ‘What a Wonderful World’

Louis Armstrong had nineteen "Top Ten" records including "Stardust", "What a Wonderful World", "When The Saints Go Marching In", "Dream…

8 years ago

Ben E. King’s Classic ‘Stand by Me’ Inspired An ’80s Cult Classic

"Stand By Me" by Ben E. King was used in the 1986 movie of the same name starring River Phoenix.…

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Remember When The Eagles had a 5 Week Run at No.1 ?!

The Eagles started a 5 week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'One Of These Nights'. This…

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The Inspiration Behind Eric Clapton’s “Tears in Heaven”

Clapton wrote this about his four-year-old son Conor, who died when he fell out of a 53rd floor window in…

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Remembering “Gentleman Jim” Reeves

On Friday, July 31, 1964, Jim Reeves and his business partner and manager Dean Manuel (also the pianist of Reeves'…

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