The songs of Sam Cooke are forever intertwined with the soulful music of the '50s and '60s. Cooke developed his musical abilities as a gospel singer before crossing over and basically inventing soul music. A string of timeless hits like "Wonderful World," "Twistin' the Night Away," and "...
The songs of Sam Cooke are forever intertwined with the soulful music of the '50s and '60s. Cooke developed his musical abilities as a gospel singer before crossing over and basically inventing soul music. A string of timeless hits like "Wonderful World," "Twistin' the Night Away," and "...
Famous musical duos from the '50s and '60s actually wrote a lot of songs that would go on to be covered by giant bands, and become radio standards that are still played today. Even now, tracks like “I’ve Got You Babe,” and “Proud Mary” are inescapable. Power trios like Nirvana...
Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s". Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide ...
Forgot to Remember to Forget" were two of Presley's most promising country songs from the '50s. In the '60s, Presley embraced the Nashville sound that Willie Nelson and others were desperately trying to escape, and in the '70s, Presley got back into the soulful fusion of sounds and ...
The biggest musicians of the ’50s and ’60s – the Elvises and Sinatras – barely saw any division between a singing career and an acting one: show-business was show-business, and acting, singing and dancing were all part of the same job. The exception, though, was music’s most famo...
Also a songwriter and bandleader, he remained popular from the late 1930s all the way through to the early 50s. Jordan reached his commercial peak towards the end of swing, during which he was known as “The King of the Jukebox”. ...
Singers and Musicians Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images There would be no jazz music today were it not for the contributions of artists like Miles Davis or Louis Armstrong, who were instrumental in the evolution of this uniquely American music genre. But African Americans have been essential ...
While Germans are mostly known today for producing some of the highest quality vehicles on the market, the '50s were not a very good time to be a German car manufacturer. Just like the Trabant P50, the Zundapp Janus was another cool idea that ended up not translating very well in...
101 Strings Orchestra Presents Guitar Favorites Million Seller Hit Songs of the 60s (Remastered from the Original Master Tapes) Chacksfield Plays Simon and Garfunkel & Jim Webb Frank Chacksfield and His Orchestra More Songs Of The Fabulous Fifties Roger Williams...