On This Day
Best Frankie Goes To Hollywood Songs: 80s Pop Masterpieces
Frankie Goes To Hollywood were the epitome of 80s excess, the singular sound of a band trying to push the sound of pop music into the future.
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Features3 hours agoThe Incredible And Influential Jimmy Smith
People way too often overlook Jimmy Smith today, and that’s been true for a far too long. His Hammond organ playing influenced just about everyone.
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Features3 hours ago‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’: When The Rolling Stones Went Psych
Tapping into the psychedelic 60s, ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’ is probably the most unusual of The Rolling Stones’ albums.
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Behind The Albums3 hours ago
‘Flash Gordon’: How Queen Soundtracked The High Camp Classic
Queen set out to match the hyper-reality of the 80s sci-fi cult classic, ‘Flash Gordon,’ and succeeded brilliantly.
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Features11 hours ago
‘Babe’: Styx Rule The Hot 100 With The Ballad Of Their Lives
Styx had been placing singles on the US chart for seven years, but only twice had they entered the Top 10 before 'Babe.'
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Features11 hours ago
‘Walking On The Moon’: Giant Steps Were What The Police Took
After an uncertain start, Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland were getting to be UK chart regulars by the time of their late 1979 single.
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Features12 hours ago
‘Trouble Man’: Marvin Gaye Goes To Hollywood
What Gaye did after ‘What’s Going On,’ far from trying to repeat its sound, was to branch out into a blaxploitation movie soundtrack.
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Features12 hours ago
Southern Blood Brother: The Life And Times Of Gregg Allman
Gregg was born on 8 December 1947 in Nashville, one year the junior of brother Duane, with whom he would co-found the mighty blues-rock institution the Allman Brothers Band.
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Features14 hours ago
‘The Woman In Red’: Stevie Wonder Hits The Hollywood Heights
Fuelled by ‘I Just Called To Say I Love You,’ the soundtrack album gave Stevie another US R&B No.1 and ended Prince’s supremacy with ‘Purple Rain.’
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Features1 day ago
‘I Have A Dream’: The Story Behind The ABBA Song
Now synonymous with Christmas, ‘I Have A Dream’ found ABBA creating a timeless ballad that pointed towards Benny and Björn’s musical-theatre work.
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Features1 day ago
‘Kaleidoscope’: How Kelis Rewrote The R&B Rulebook
A coming-of-age tale set to thumping bass and wheezing synths, ‘Kaleidoscope’ saw Kelis set the standard for a new era of experimental R&B.
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Features1 day ago
‘Pendulum’: When Creedence Clearwater Revival Swung In A New Direction
Recorded over a month, John Fogerty wrote every track on the album and added horns and keyboards to create a more expansive sound on 'Pendulum.'
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Features1 day ago
Wings’ ‘Wild Life’: Paul McCartney Gets Back With A Band
Late in 1971, Paul McCartney returned to a band configuration as Wings released their LP debut.
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Features1 day ago
‘You’re The First, The Last, My Everything’: Barry White Gets White Hot
Remarkably, the soul man's next smash was a song with country and western origins going back to 1956.
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Features2 days ago
‘Special Occasion’: Special Indeed For Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The group's second and final R&B No.1 album ‘Special Occasion’ came nearly three years after the first.
