In 2013, Carole King was the first woman to be honored with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Her record sales are estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide thanks to hits like “Jazzman,” “So Far Away”
Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind commented in the liner notes of the band’s 2006 compilation album, that the lyrics of this song “really resonate with the girl for whom the song was written. She was a Harvard medical student
Paul Weller, the former singer of the English punk rock band The Jam, disbanded the group to take his music into a more soulful direction. So, he joined up with keyboardist Mick Talbot of Dexys Midnight Runners and backing singer for
Having just been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the time, the Bee Gees 21st studio album, Still Waters, received lukewarm reviews from critics, despite the fact it was their most successful album in nearly 20
“Hydra” was the second album by Toto that was released in 1979. While most of the singles failed to make any impact on the charts, one did, which was inspired by the George Lucas film “THX-1138.” Toto’s first hit to
From the movie “The Karate Kid Part II” and featured in 2019 during the second season of the Netflix TV series “Cobra Kai,” which is a sequel to the original “Karate Kid” films, Peter Cetera recorded this #1 hit shortly after
Amy Grant has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, won six Grammy Awards, 22 Gospel Music Dove Awards, and was honored along side George Clooney and Gladys Knight among the 2022 Kennedy Center recipients. Her 1991 record “Heart in Motion”
The Spinners have been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times — in 2012, ’15 and ’16, but they are hoping four times will be a charm as they’re a part of the class of 2023
By the late 70s, Foreigner had established themselves as one of the top rock bands. However, they were still searching for that one album that would propel them to the very top. In 1981, they found that record in “4,”
Featured in numerous films and television shows, including Alias, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gilmore Girls, the opening track of Mazzy Star‘s 1993 album, So Tonight That I Might See made Rolling Stone’s 2021 list of The 500 Greatest Songs