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.
After seeing his stepfather murder his father during an argument over his mother, young Tommy goes into shock, suddenly becoming psychosomatically deaf, dumb, and blind.
February 11, 2003: Michael Bublé released his self-titled album.
Michael Bublé covers the classics by vocal masters like Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra for his self-titled album.
November 13, 2001: "Tainted Love" by Marilyn Manson was released from the Not Another Teen Movie soundtrack.
September 5, 1981: Stevie Nicks went to Number 1 on the US album chart with Bella Donna.
Though Stevie Nicks begin recording Bella Donna in the waning days of 1980, the seeds for her debut solo album were planted years before.
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March 16, 1996: Alanis Morissette entered Billboard's Hot 100 almost in the Top 10, at Number 11, with "Ironic."
Alanis Morissette was never particularly attached to “Ironic,” which largely stood apart from the autobiographical narrative of the Jagged Little Pill album.
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January 27, 1990: Tom Petty peaked at Number 7 with his only American Top 10 single as a solo artist, "Free Fallin’."
Tom Petty’s 1989 hit “Free Fallin’” is a simple enough song. It contains just a handful of guitar chords that any beginner could easily handle.
January 23, 1976: Tina Charles released "I Love to Love."
"I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)" was a popular single by Tina Charles, from her debut album, I Love to Love.
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It’s been a decade since Adele released her 2011 masterpiece “Rolling in the Deep,” and it would be an understatement to say that it still holds up.
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| Adele |
November 5, 1959: Bryan Adams is born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Adams has garnered many awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations and 15 Grammy Award nominations.
Bryan Adams
October 19, 1979: Music History Today: October 18, 2020 releases his sophomore album, Prince, containing the Number 1 R&B hit "I Wanna Be Your Lover."
Prince's self-titled second album found him expanding his sound in search of the mainstream success that his debut, For You, failed to secure.
Gerry Rafferty was an artist who really didn’t like fame all that much. In fact, he once walked out on his former band, Stealers Wheel, shortly after they topped the charts with “Stuck in the Middle with You” in 1973.
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