more brave than me
more blond than you
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Chris Cornell was born in Seattle, which put him in the perfect position for the grunge music scene that sprung up there in the '80s. Cornell formed Soundgarden with guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Hiro Yamamoto in 1984.
The soundtrack to the movie I Am Sam is comprised of Beatles' covers. It was originally intended to consist of the Fab Four's originals. The producers were unable to obtain the rights to those tracks.
September 21, 2002: Eminem topped out at Number 4 on the US music chart with "Cleanin' Out My Closet."
In this song Eminem talks about his mother who he feels neglected and mistreated him.
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| Gotye |
February 9, 1991: The Rembrandts entered the US music chart with "Just the Way It Is, Baby."
"Just the Way It Is, Baby" by the American pop rock duo The Rembrandts was the debut single from their debut album The Rembrandts.
Paul A. Rothchild produced the final Janis Joplin studio album, Pearl, as well as many a Doors disc.
January 12, 1974: The Steve Miller Band topped the Billboard singles chart with "The Joker."
“Some people call me the space cowboy. Some call me the gangster of love.”
George Michael co-wrote 'Careless Whisper' with his Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley. The pair had written it together while developing as artists in 1981 in Watford, when they were aged just 17.
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| George Michael |
According to legend, “Cry Me a River” started with a phone call.
September 28, 1974: Andy Kim took over the top spot on the US music chart with "Rock Me Gently."
Jeff Barry and Andy Kim wrote the Archies’ immortal 1969 jam “Sugar, Sugar,” the song that came to define the early-’60s bubblegum boom. Barry and Kim also wrote a bunch of other Archies singles, as well as some songs for the Monkees.
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| Andy Kim |
Classic Hollywood anti-hero Robert Mitchum moonlighted as a recording artist, first as a calypso performer and later as co-writer and singer of film theme song "The Ballad of Thunder Road."
June 29, 2002: Eminem's "Without Me" goes to Number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
This tackling disco remarks the return of Eminem and his intentions to save the world from boring music with him away. It is one of his most successful tracks.
Eminem
April 20, 1968: "Lady Madonna" from the Beatles peaked at the number 4 position on the Hot 100 weekly chart.
Following a string of innovative singles, which were all so different from one another, The Beatles changed direction yet again. For their first single release of 1968, they went back to their roots for “Lady Madonna.”
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| The Beatles rehearsing in Miami Beach in 1964 |
In a three-year span in the late 1950s, RCA released 14 new Elvis Presley singles. The A-side on eight of them topped Billboard’s Top 100 pop chart.
April 6, 1968: Pink Floyd announced that founder Syd Barretthads officially left the group, saying he suffered from psychiatric disorders compounded by drug use.
By the spring of 1967, Pink Floyd was at the forefront of the psychedelic rock movement that was pushing its way into mainstream popular culture.
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| Syd Barrett |
March 23, 2002: The O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack took bluegrass to Number 1 in America.
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey," the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi.
“Wicked Games” is about loving someone who isn’t good for you, and Isaak has publicly stated where he got his inspiration for the song from:
March 1, 1973: Pink Floyd released Dark Side Of The Moon.
There are hit albums, and then there’s Dark Side of the Moon. Pink Floyd‘s eternally popular song cycle has sold more than 15 million copies in the U.S. since its release on March 1st, 1973, and more than 45 million units worldwide.
February 16, 1957: Tab Hunter's "Young Love" began a six-week run at Number 1 in America.
Tab Hunter parlayed his all-American blond good looks and wholesomeness into screen stardom, becoming an idol for 1950s teenagers who adored his boy-next-door persona and physique.
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| Tab Hunter |
February 2, 1979: Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols, out on bail after being accused of killing his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, died of a heroin overdose at age 21.
In 1975, a 17-year-old Philly girl named Nancy Spungen dropped out of the University of Colorado and moved to New York City.
Nancy Spurgeon & Sid Vicious
