In memory of "The Day The Music Died"... a look at the worst air disasters to claim the lives of rock and roll performers and bigwigs. Nine more plane...
Everyone has their own idea of what this famous song really means, even aside from the obvious connection to Buddy Holly -- is Don McLean talking about the Beatles,...
Everything you'd want to know about the legendary Buddy Holly -- not just the tragic accident which claimed his young life, but also his extraordinary, groundbreaking career. Here's my...
John's psychedelic carnival fantasia was famously inspired by a circus poster, as you probably already know, and was achieved with some unusual effects, as you may also know. But...
Part two of the series, in honor of Valentine's Day -- the greatest duets in oldies history, including some songs that deal with the bad side of love, some...
He wasn't a black man, but this son of Greek immigrants decided to become one, choosing to live life as a second-class citizen -- and in the process, the...
The "she" in this weepy Sgt. Pepper ballad was a real person, and the story behind her leaving home was much as Paul describes it (with some help from...
You probably know them as instrumentals, with few or no words, but these five top 40 hits were actually just skeletons of other songs, songs you could actually sing...
They welded country-rock to biker boogie, gave it a polished pop sheen, and scored big with hits like "Black Water" and "Listen to the Music" before making a 180-degree...
For years after The Beatles, I didn´t want to talk about it. It was too close, the pain and the suffering, ´cos that was what was in my mind at that time
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