Originally, due to the numerous posh and beautiful women he was surrounding himself with at the time, he was going to call the song “Uptown Girls.” Billy has claimed that the style of the song was inspired by the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and it’s not hard to...
As a member of The Band, Robertson sang and played guitars, percussion and piano. He's best known for writing such standout tracks as "The Weight," "Up on Cripple Creek," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "The Shape I'm In" among others. Robertson also ventured out with a...
Born in October of 1950, Tom Petty is a renowned American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is also known for his Rock and Roll and Blues Rock style of music and as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Not only that but he is also...
That song ended up on Derek and the Dominos' album but was quickly overshadowed by the LP's title track: “Layla.” Boyd later recalled that Clapton played her the song several times a row in an empty flat where the band was recording. He was watching her face for reactions. It put h...
His discography of character songs is impressive as well—check out SECRET LOVER, the newest solo he sang as Ichinose Tokiya of Uta no Prince-sama, and compare it with, for instance, Break Our Balance which is the character song of Free!’s Matsuoka Rin. Mamo is also one of the seiyuu...
THIS iconic dress worn by Marilyn Monroe when she sang “Happy Birthday Mr. President” to JFK. There were a few surprises that the audience was not expecting. For one; finding out that Mackie is a grandfather and great grandfather. Finding out that this was a surprise for him too. ...
That song ended up on Derek and the Dominos' album but was quickly overshadowed by the LP's title track: “Layla.” Boyd later recalled that Clapton played her the song several times a row in an empty flat where the band was recording. He was watching her face for reactions. It put ...