The unpretentious Wells, who appeared in gingham dresses with puffed sleeves, defied the then widely held notion that women could not successfully headline the country stage. She paved the way for such later stars as Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. Wells was inducted into the Country Music Hall ...
Russell’s memorable lyrics (“I love you in a place where there’s no space or time”) took real crafting and came, he told filmmaker Danny Tedesco, “during a period in my life when I was trying to write standards… trying to write a blues song that Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra ...
Within a year of solo album 15 came number 16,2021’sFat Pop (Volume 1).Featuring the infectious “Shades Of Blue,” it was created during lockdown and universally admired by reviewers. “For the second time in less than a year he’s released a record that can sit safely among the be...
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In 2022 SnoopacquiredDeath Row Records, the record label that had launched his career. (The label was founded by Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, Dick Griffey, and the D.O.C. in 1991, but its future became uncertain in 2006 after both Knight and the label filed forbankruptcy.)Death Row’sfirst...
song was written in about '79 or '80, and it was definitely a response to being obstructed as women in the rock field,"Ann WilsontoldSongfacts. "There are so many systemic things that get thrown up in front of you, different glass walls and stuff. We were speaking out against it ...
and the thing that initiates Guy's break from the code. Reynolds himself reached out to Carey to get permission to use the song in the movie (perVariety). Thankfully, she agreed, because the hypnotizing beat and angelic riffs of this bop add a layer of fun and excitement to the movie....
This controversial country classic isn't exactly about divorce, per se — it's about the stigma that follows women after divorce. Lynn put out "Rated X" in 1972, when divorce was rarer and more stigmatized than it is today. Later that year, she'd go on to be the first woman to win...
song was written in about '79 or '80, and it was definitely a response to being obstructed as women in the rock field,"Ann WilsontoldSongfacts. "There are so many systemic things that get thrown up in front of you, different glass walls and stuff. We were speaking out against it ...
89: MC Solaar – Caroline (1991) Few MCs have introduced a generation to a new style of music like MC Solaar did for aspiring musicians in Paris. He came up in the early 90s and broke through with “Caroline,” a sultry love jam that immediately established Solaar as both a highly skil...