At the height of his "Ziggy" period, Bowie took this drawling Louisiana artist under his wing. The results were...interesting ...

The seemingly-last minute rooftop show by the Beatles required lots of little logistical moves, any one of which could've ...

Classical music has long underpinned the skill set of many classic rock artists -- and has been the basis of several classic ...

Talent booker Vicki Wickham played a huge role in getting BBC exposure for big names -- as well as shepherding Dusty ...

Dots Will Echo released a power-pop song that should've been much bigger. But this NJ band only made waves...in Scandinavia.

For every fan of Bob Dylan’s vocals, there’s a dissenter; that’s not the strange part. What’s odd is that admirers who love his voice also sometimes hate it — and then love it again. His own vocal ...

Rush had the talent. They just needed a smart strategy to get signed in America. Here's how it went down (by the guy who did ...

Before other musicians were imitating him (Billy Joel said, “This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than Elvis Presley”), Ray Charles was another Nat King Cole ...

America is once again taking a hard look at racism, and it didn’t take long for Sir Paul McCartney to weigh in. On June 5, 2020, McCartney posted a reminder of the historic stand his former group, the ...

Rockabilly has always been the unruly kid in the rock ’n’ roll family — the one with the greased‑back hair, the twitchy leg, and the grinding guitar. Born in the mid‑1950s, revived with surprising ...

Sweet (aka The Sweet) was a chameleonic UK-based group that deftly switched genres from bubblegum pop to glam to harder-edged rock and roll throughout their existence. The band was originally known as ...

The Strawberry Alarm Clock initially came together from former members of several Southern California bands. The group recorded a few singles in 1966-67 under the name Thee Sixpence, including a cover ...