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46 years ago this month, Rod Stewart began a five-week reign atop the Billboard Hot 100…and a week later he kicked off a five-week reign atop the UK Singles chart with the same song. Aye, it was a pretty good...

Here’s a factoid that’ll rock you to your core: it’s been 25 years since Stone Temple Pilots released their debut album. Arriving in the midst of the grunge movement, the hard rock sounds of STP were exactly what listeners were...

If you grew up listening to FM radio in the ‘70s, then you know just how big a deal the late Ronnie Montrose was. Indeed, the man was nothing short of a guitar god, and many an axe man worshiped...

Today's press- and fame-seeking celebrities (be they a Cyrus, Minaj, Kardashian or a Real Housewife from somewhere) have got nothing— nothing—on Madonna, circa 1989. Madonna could make headlines without even trying, just by being seen in public with (or without)...

12 years ago today, Sean Paul released his third LP, an effort which found him scoring his second consecutive platinum-selling album as well as his second #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Recorded from start to finish on the...

Today’s the birthday of the late Ben E. King, who crooned such classic Drifters tunes as “There Goes My Baby,” “Save the Last Dance for Me,” and “This Magic Moment” before shifting to a solo career and delivering unto the...

When it comes to the work of The Smiths, you might get into some gentle arguments about which of the band’s albums is truly the best – some people’s opinions are stronger than other people’s opinions – but you’ll find...

As the drummer for Led Zeppelin, it’s hard to imagine that there’s much of anything about John Bonham – who died on this date in 1980 – that’s left to tell that hasn’t already been told, but that doesn’t mean...

45 years ago this month, Bonnie Raitt released her second album, an LP which failed to demonstrate the “sophomore slump” principle but did successfully cement Raitt’s trademark sound. Recorded at Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, GIVE IT UP was...