Written on the spot and recorded as an afterthought near the end of a session at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, the song—” Tequila ” —...
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MARCH 16, 1970 : MOTOWN SOUL SINGER TAMMI TERRELL DIES
Over a span of just 12 months beginning in April 1967, the duo of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell enjoyed a string of four straight hits wi...
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JANUARY 28, 1985 : AMERICAN RECORDING ARTISTS GATHER TO RECORD “WE ARE THE WORLD”
The special instruction Quincy Jones sent out to the several dozen pop stars invited to participate in the recording of “We Are the World...
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Pablo Cruise Biography
Pablo Cruise achieved some measure of success during the latter part of the '70s with their mellow, easygoing California pop. The ba...
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JANUARY 01, 1958 : INMATE MERLE HAGGARD HEARS JOHNNY CASH PLAY SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON
“Folsom Prison Blues” gave Johnny Cash his first top-10 country hit in 1956, and his live concert performance at Folsom—dramatized memor...
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DECEMBER 31, 1985 : RICK NELSON DIES IN A PLANE CRASH
Former teen idol Rick Nelson dies in plane crash in De Kalb, Texas, on December 31, 1985. When the teenage Ricky Nelson launched his p...
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The Pied Pipers Biography
Notable for distinctive modem harmony and phrasing, the Pied Pipers began in Hollywood in 1938 as a merging of eight members of three diffe...
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The Modernaires Biography
A very popular ’40s group, the Modernaires had their biggest success as part of Glenn Miller’s Orchestra. The original members were a tr...
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DECEMBER 29, 1957 : PAT BOONE EARNS SECOND #1 HIT WITH “APRIL LOVE”
In the mid 1950s, two young white men began their successful musical careers by bringing the sound of black rhythm-and-blues music to pre...
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The Music Rough Guide: Nashville
In no other American city does music play as strong a role in finance and image as it does in Nashville, the undisputed capital of count...
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38 Special Biography
Initially, . 38 Special were one of many Southern rock bands in the vein of the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd ; in fact, the band w...
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NOVEMBER 10, 1958 : FUTURE COUNTRY LEGEND CONWAY TWITTY EARNS A #1 HIT AS A ROCK-AND-ROLL IDOL
Between 1965 and his death in 1993, the legendary Conway Twitty placed an astonishing 40 #1 hits on the country-music charts. Indeed, no ...
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December 16, 1977 : Saturday Night Fever turns Travolta into movie star
On this day in 1977, Saturday Night Fever , a movie that ignites the disco dance craze across America, along with the movie career of it...
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Earth, Wind & Fire Biography
Earth, Wind & Fire were one of the most musically accomplished, critically acclaimed, and commercially popular funk bands of the &#...
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July 19, 2003 : Thousands of fans join the Miami funeral procession of Celia Cruz
On July 19, 2003, three days after her death from cancer at the age of 77, Latin music legend Celia Cruz has one of her final wishes gra...
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July 18, 1960 : Fifteen-year-old Brenda Lee earns a #1 hit with “I’m Sorry”
She was several inches short of five feet tall, even in socks and saddle shoes, and she weighed no more than 90 pounds, but her voice wa...
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July 17, 1967 : Jimi Hendrix drops out as opening act for The Monkees
On July 17, 1967, one of the oddest musical pairings in history comes to an end when Jimi Hendrix dropped out as the opening act for tee...
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Lobo (Singer) Biography
Best remembered for soft-rock perennials like " Me and You and a Dog Named Boo " and " I'd Love You to Want Me ,"...
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Willie Nelson Biography
He is one of America's greatest songwriters, a hero from Texas to San Francisco, a hippie's hippie and a redneck's redneck. Bu...
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July 12, 1979 : Disco is dealt death blow by fans of the Chicago White Sox
As the 1970s came to an end, the age of disco was also nearing its finale. But for all of its decadence and overexposure, disco didn’t quit...
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