The earliest punk rock bands that formed in the early 1970s were Ramon's, Black Flag. Then in the late 1970s, more new punk rock bands were formed such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, Iggy Pop. Their songs were formed by some simple notes and their methods of singing wer...
It’s impossible to celebrate the legacy and impact of soul music without showing some R-E-S-P-E-C-T toAretha Franklin. Not only was Franklin deemed the “Queen of Soul” in the late ’60s and celebrated as the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 198...
The music world got their next big rock heroes in 1978 with the arrival of the hard partying and harder rocking four-piece Van Halen. The band's self-titled debut featured the guitar mastery of a young Eddie Van Halen, the pure power of his brother Alex behind the kit, the master showm...
Often misunderstood, Black Sabbath suffered from a certain distaste for metal at radio stations and in certain quarters of the press. But the hard rock publications always stood by them and were fiercely protective of the band’s legacy, even when addiction and sickness got in the way of creat...
1970: Yale University Corporation has its first elected Black woman, Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund. 1971: Over 2,000 students at the University of Florida, Gainesville protest to demand the admission of more Black students. The administration’s refusal to meet ...
13 Black Male Singing Groups Of The 80s ByLakisha Thompson While the 1980s are famous for the big hair and leather pants of glam rock, that was only one side of the musical spectrum. Genres like R&B, soul, and hip-hop… Black Entertainment And Media ...
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One of the great "what ifs" in country music lore, Stoney Edwards, had it all. His commanding honky-tonk vocal delivery and catalog of captivating material scored a respectable 15 charting singles between 1970-1980—including Top 20 entries "She's My Rock," which predates George Jones' recor...
Monáe became a bona fide pop star when her guest performance on the song "We Are Young" by the New York alt-rock act Fun. became a number-one hit in 2012. Monáe's second solo album, The Electric Lady, came out in September 2013, continuing the Metropolis storyline and featuring the...
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