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Today in Music History for Nov. 8: In 1887, the gramophone was patented by American Thomas Edison. In 1910, "The Dubois String Quartet" gave its first performance at Windsor Hall in Montreal. The ...
Sinatra’s My Way almost didn’t happen, but when it released in 1969, it became his signature song, and he famously performed ...
On this day, 1968, Joe Cocker scored his first-ever No. 1 hit with the cover that started his mainstream career.
A Stanley Kubrick sci-fi classic inspired David Bowie to create one of his greatest hits, showing how film shaped the sound ...
Discover the most popular songs from the 1960s that defined a generation. From The Beatles to Aretha Franklin, these hits shaped music history.
These forgotten songs from 1968 may not be super popular today, but they'll start spinning in your brain after hearing them again.
Discover the hits that have had their day, but still haunt our ears. Get ready to question your musical choices. Madlanga Commission told that Mchunu involved State Security Agency to identify cops ...
Did a Scottish folk-singer lay the groundwork for one of music's defining heavy rock acts? Donovan thinks so. Speaking in a new interview, the 79-year-old musician claims he helped create Led Zeppelin ...
If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...
Imagine being 19 and buying your first car: a brand-new 1968 Pontiac Firebird, hot off the lot, chrome still gleaming like a razor blade. Now fast-forward more than 40 years. The same Firebird, same ...
Country singer Brett James' first hit song was Who I Am, which he wrote for Jessica Andrews. The song landed #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. James died on September 18 at 57, when the ...
After weeks of musical debate, we’ve arrived at the final showdown — just in time for Sir Paul’s highly anticipated concert at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert. The bracket has narrowed from 16 beloved ...