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During the 1950s & 60s, tons of instrumental tracks made the UK chart, but by the early 70s, they were few and far...
In the Summer of '69, Bryan Adams was just nine years old, many think the song for which is most often associated has...
These days many artists 'try out' their songs via social media sites and Youtube etc to get public opinion, but back...
It can be very frustrating for an act when your debut hit single gets off to a good start in terms of radio airplay,...
In the mid-Fifties, Frank Sinatra said that he hated rock'n'roll and that it was made by 'cretinous goons'. When he...
Here's a trivia question: what connects the bands Black Sabbath, Fine Young Cannibals, The Mission, Mudhoney, Veruca...
One possible way to fake your way into being a successful pop star is to pretend you're related to someone famous. One...
Daddy were formed in 1969 in Wiltshire and originally classed as a prog rock band. After 12 months without any success...
When Richard Marx first arrived on the British chart in 1988, he was 24 years old and was seemingly a new kid on the...
The first number one in the UK that contained rapping in came in 1983 in the shape of New Edition's Candy Girl, but...
When Mansun landed on the musical map in 1996 their lead singer and main songwriter Paul Draper exclaimed...
Elton, after years as a jobbing musician, finally made his name on the UK music scene in 1971 with his hit Your Song....
One thing many songwriters suffer from is writer's block. It's when you're not inspired and nothing comes. One of the...
On 22 November 1963, 16-year-old Texan, Marvin Lee Aday witnessed the assassinated President Kennedy's limousine's...
Not too many musicians make a living over so many years and cover so many genres. In the last 46 years, Steve Winwood...