February 25, 1985: Tears For Fears released their album Songs from the Big Chair.
Tears For Fears' musical inspiration for Songs From the Big Chair came from art-rock by Talking Heads, Brian Eno, Robert Wyatt, and Peter Gabriel.
more brave than me
more blond than you
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Friday, February 24, 2023
Music History Today: February 25, 2023
Monday, September 19, 2022
Music History Today: September 20, 2022
September 20, 2011: Carly Rae Jepsen released the single "Call Me Maybe."
“Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen’s crush-anxiety anthem, became a viral hit in 2012.
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Music History Today: February 25, 2022
February 25, 1985: Tears for Fears released their album Songs from the Big Chair.
Songs from the Big Chair could almost be called pseudo-conceptual, as each song holds its place and each is integral to the overall tapestry.
Monday, September 13, 2021
Music History Today: September 14, 2021
September 14, 1958: Robert Mitchum entered the Billboard single's chart with "The Ballad of Thunder Road" from the movie Thunder Road.
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."
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Music History Today: September 2, 2021
September 2, 1989: The Tears For Fears' title track, "Sowing the Seeds of Love," debuted at Number 53 on the US singles chart.
Along with the mega-platinum Songs from the Big Chair, The Seeds of Love rendered Tears for Fears one of the '80s most successful pop groups. The album was created during a profound period of catharsis.
Monday, August 2, 2021
Music History Today: August 3, 2021
August 3, 2002: "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne makes it up to Number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Pop stars – especially women – are frozen at the age they become famous. Breaking the ice usually involves a bad-girl reinvention, if not a genuine breakdown.
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Music History Today: March 18, 2021
March 18, 1967: The Beatles' "Penny Lane" reached Number 1 on the US Hot 100.
‘Penny Lane’ was released in February 1967 as a double a-side with ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’, in what has been described as the greatest single ever released.
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