It also noted that Adele made history as the first artist since the Beatles to have two top five singles and two top five albums in the charts at the same time (Adele's first album 19, was released in 2008. Each album is named for her age when she wrote it. ). Now, after touring...
“And I got so upset, I was crying, and I didn’t know how to make myself go on, make myself feel like it was all going to be OK.” But she did go on, by pushing back against her public image with blunt self-analysis. Released on November 9, 1999, When the Pawn isn’t a...
That reached No.2 in Britain, ironically held off the top by The Beatles’ “Get Back.” Eight days before Post Card was released, it was launched to the media with a reception at the revolving restaurant of London’s Post Office Tower, 520 feet high. Paul was there, as his support ...
"When We Was Fab" is a song written by George Harrison and Jeff Lynne about the days of Beatlemania, when The Beatles were first referred to as the "Fab Four". The song appears as the sixth track on Harrison's 1987 album Cloud Nine and was later released as ...
You don’t have to look further than the front cover for proof that Wolf was more skeptical of the prospect than Muddy had been. It declares in unabashedly titanic type, “This is Howlin’ Wolf’s new album. He doesn’t like it. He didn’t like his electric guitar at first either.”...
A former associate editor from Rolling Stone drew a comparison between the Beatles and Picasso, calling them “artists that broke through their time period to come up with something that was unique and original.” Throughout their discography, the Beatles have time and time again released music ...
the age of 34. Her career was founded on her ability to sell a song using reticence and reserve, qualities that defined her from the early smash singles, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song, to her final album, a c...
was busy compiling the three double-CD volumes of the upcoming Beatles “Anthology” series. (Martin has said that he bowed out principally due to his diminished hearing.) A new song will appear on each of the first two volumes of the series, with plans for the third still up in the ...
Robert Shaw would die from a heart attack just three years after Jaws was released. Now Ian, also an actor and writer, has used his late father’s diaries to pen The Shark Is Broken (with fellow playwright Joseph Dixon) The result is a frankly brilliant comedy drama revealing the behind-...
As were so many other industries, the music world was rocked after the global pandemic shut down restaurants, theaters, music venues or anywhere people would gather for a good time. Swift was set to kick off her previously announced Lover Fest tour when that was postponed and then ultimate...