more brave than me
more blond than you
e e cummings
December 7, 1991: U2 debuted at Number 1 on Billboard's 200 Top Albums chart with Achtung Baby.
Achtung Baby completely changed U2's sound and style. U2 rarely experiment with song structures over the course of the album. Instead, they use the thick dance beats, swirling guitars, and layers of effects.
"People" was one of the first songs written for the musical score of Funny Girl.
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| Barbra Streisand |
It hasn't been silent for Disturbed since their performance of "The Sound of Silence" on Conan from March 2016.
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| David Draiman |
November 22, 1975: Nazareth debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "Love Hurts."
“Love Hurts” is a song written and composed by the American songwriter Boudleaux Bryant, who was a very prolific and successful songwriter for other artists throughout the 1950s and beyond.
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| Dan McCafferty of Nazareth |
When the 22-year-old David Bowie penned Space Oddity, a song that would ultimately become a recognized classic, he was a burgeoning pop artist without a record deal. A folk singer without a gig, a sometime mime, and a purveyor of ice creams. His first serious relationship, with the actress Hermione Farthingale, was in free fall.
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| David Bowie |
March 22, 1980: Pink Floyd topped the Hot 100 with "Another Brick In The Wall (part II)" for the next four weeks.
March 14, 1990: Heart released the single "All I Wanna' Do Is Make Love To You."
After a period of declining popularity, Heart enjoyed a mid-'80s comeback by embracing songs penned by other writers. For their 1990 album Brigade, the band would again use an assortment of outside writers.
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| Heart |
January 8, 1935: Elvis Aaron Presley is born in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Born in a two-room house built by his father, grandfather and uncle, Elvis was one of twin brothers born to the Presleys. His brother, Jessie Garon, was stillborn.
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| Elvis Presley |
October 24, 1978: The movie version of The Wiz, which debuted as a Broadway stage production in 1975, hits theaters.
On May 31, 1959, Billy Holiday was taken to Metropolitan Hospital in New York suffering from liver and heart disease.
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| Lady Day in 1953 Photograph: Charles Hewitt/Getty Images |
Regarding “She Said She Said,” John Lennon remembers: “That was written after an acid trip in L.A. during a break in The Beatles tour where we were having fun with The Byrds and lots of girls.
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| Beatles |
