A pioneer of country music, Alabama-born Hank Williams Sr.lived a short but prolific life. He hit the Grand Ole Opry with songs like "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and "Your Cheatin' Heart" and won fans all over America. While he only recorded 66 songs under his name, an astonish...
A pioneer of country music, Alabama-born Hank Williams Sr.lived a short but prolific life. He hit the Grand Ole Opry with songs like "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and "Your Cheatin' Heart" and won fans all over America. While he only recorded 66 songs under his name, an astonishing...
Marian Andersonstill wowed crowds—and even Eleanor Roosevelt—with her powerful voice. Anderson eventually became the first Black performer to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. Anderson also became a regular performer at the White House, singing patriotic songs with gusto despite her own country’s di...
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Connie does Broadway songs popular circa 1967. Every song (with one exception) from “current shows or shows about to open”, according to the liner notes. Not sure which is the exception as “Golden Boy” and “Fiddler on the Roof” both had Broadway debuts in 1964, and “Man of La ...
Not only do you sing on the record, but you produce it to sound exactly how you hear it in your head. You're producing your own records, even if not writing or composing it. Does that mean nothing? I think it means a hell of a lot. But again, even more to it, even in the ...
the songs, and Bachman-Turner Overdrive during the peak years, when we were selling 30, 40 million records – to not get a nod from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and other bands who have had lesser artistic or commercial success get in there, it does really tick you off." (Wardlaw...
Not only do you sing on the record, but you produce it to sound exactly how you hear it in your head. You're producing your own records, even if not writing or composing it. Does that mean nothing? I think it means a hell of a lot. But again, even more to it, even in the ...
Led Zeppelin (1973): Led Zeppelin's tightest album puts the focus on the songs rather than the riffs. Not that there aren't plenty of them to go around (see "Over the Hills and Far Away," "Dancing Days," etc.) The Dark Side of the Moon ...
Led Zeppelin (1973): Led Zeppelin's tightest album puts the focus on the songs rather than the riffs. Not that there aren't plenty of them to go around (see "Over the Hills and Far Away," "Dancing Days," etc.) 'The Dark Side of the Moon' ...