Greatest Hits -- and Misses; Readers Write In About Larrys, Ice Cream, Discount Cards and MoreMargaret Webb Pressler
The first greatest hits collection to top the Billboard album chart was “Johnny’s Greatest Hits” by Johnny Mathis. That LP moved to No. 1 the week of June 9, 1958, and spent three non-consecutive weeks in pole position. Its chart run of 490 weeks was a record until Pink Floyd’s...
ForEmpire’s February 2023 issue, we asked readers to vote for the best actors of all time – the silver-screen stars that always deliver, that have changed the game, and whose distinctive talents can never be replicated. Your votes were counted, totted up, and in the magazine – on sal...
The Concept: Gaye gets married, gets divorced, gets hits with a big legal bill — and chronicles it all in a 14-track song cycle. The Execution: As part of his divorce settlement with his first wife, Anna, Gaye agreed to give her the advance from his next album as well as the first...
Not so much a solo as a greatest hits compilation for the pentatonic scale, Shock Me sees Ace Frehley wheeling out his entire lick arsenal. He neatly distils the first 25 years of American rock guitar into 50 seconds, ready to be plagiarised for the next 25 years. Just when you think ...
Had hits with CCS, including a version of Led Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love' which was used as the theme for BBC's Top Of The Pops for several years. He became a radio presenter in the Seventies. 30 Apr 1983 American Blues legend Muddy Waters (born McKinley Morganfield) died in ...
And for Bad Music for Bad People, which may well stand as the greatest “Greatest Hits” record ever issued. You may not have heard it, but you’ll recognize its cover, and you’ll want to buy it, although you won’t know why. The greater band: The Cramps. Black Flag vs. The ...
She told Lesbian News that Xena was: "Gay. Definitely... [I]t wasn't just that Xena was bisexual and kinda liked her gal pal and they kind of fooled around sometimes, it was, 'Nope, they're married, man.'" That outspokenness and pride defined Xena, and is what makes her so iconi...
"Walkin' through the front door / Seein' your black dress hit the floor / Honey there sure ain't nothing / Like you lovin' me all night long / And all I can think about is gettin' you home," he sings. This song kicked off a stretch of five straight No. 1 hits for Young. ...
acidic essence.Homeworkhad standout hits – like "Da Funk" and the anthemically bloopy "Around the World." But it was paced like a great album, weaving hip-hop and funk (and, on "Rock N Roll," even some Seventies glam) into the mix, with pauses for oceanic contemplation (the guitar...