What made this Eric Carmen hit one of the greatest pop songs of all time?
(March 14, 2024). Upon learning on Monday (March 11) of singer Eric Carmen’s death in his sleep last weekend, I was saddened by yet another loss of one of the…
R.I.P. Melanie Safka (1947-2024); You ‘Laid it Down’ to a Drumbeat All Your Own!
R.I.P. Melanie Safka (1947-2024); you laid it down to a drumbeat all your own!
These 77-Year-Old Icons Topped This Week’s iTunes, and One is Poised for Billboard 200 History!
(November 25, 2023). Is it safe to say there’s a new “Queen of Rock”? And that her name is… Dolly Parton? Well, there’s a Billboard chart development unfolding right now…
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Here’s why every Beatles fan—plus lovers of history—should download or stream the heck out of “Now and Then”… and now!
A posthumous song by the Beatles, titled "Now and Then," has been released from the John Lennon-vault by Sir Paul McCartney, using AI technology. Despite two Beatles' members having passed…
The Rolling Stones Make Strange Chart-Fellows This Week, Along with Some Quirky History.
This week’s Billboard top 10 albums include nine that have been No. 1, with the current top album by pop-punk band Blink 182. The exception is The Rolling Stones' latest…