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45 years ago today, the Eagles released their sophomore album, and while it certainly didn’t exactly soar to the top of the charts like, say, the animals that provided the band with its name, it did serve as a cornerstone...

12 years ago today, Daniel Powter sat atop the Billboard Hot 100, making this a good day to do a Single Stories piece on “Bad Day.” Written by Powter and produced by Mitchell Froom and Jeff Dawson, “Bad Day” was...

Throughout the course of his life and career, David Bowie was nothing if not unpredictable, but there was at least one instance when he surprised people by thinking squarely inside the box: when the time came to deliver a sequel...

12 years ago today, “Dancing in the Street” was announced as one of the 50 latest sound recordings to be preserved by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry. Of course, the version designated for preservation was the...

25 years ago today, The Grateful Dead helped the San Francisco Giants kick off their 1993 season by performing “The Star Spangled Banner” at Candlestick Park. When author Linda Kelly released the 20th anniversary edition of her classic tome Deadheads...

Sophomore slumps disappoint for any number of reasons, but perhaps mostly because he or she who does the slumping had raised expectations too high, expectations that the follow-up in question could not meet, to the disappointment of all involved. Rickie...

35 years ago this month, The B-52’s released their third studio album, little realizing that someday the LP’s anniversary would inspire Rhino Records to compose a column about the occasion for their ongoing Deep Dive feature. But here we are...

20 years ago this month, Lou Reed closed out his stint on Sire Records with an acoustic live album documenting his performance at the 1997 Meltdown Festival in London. Since its inception in 1993, the Meltdown Festival – or simply...

Today we celebrate the birthday of Gerard Arthur Way, but you can call him Gerard, provided you feel like you know him well enough to do that. For those who don’t know him that well, we should perhaps identify Gerard...