Velvet Underground and Nico (1967):Andy Warhol kinda forced German singer Nico onto the ragged New Yorkers, but the three cuts she sings on here are among their very best. Her smoky, detached tone perfectly fits the tearing, buzzing and shredding played by the inventors of noisy art rock. ...
And he used the show to launch a singing career, recording six albums, including "Vince Edwards Sings," and playing Las Vegas. But the demise of the series temporarily stymied his career, as if often the case as the audience searches for a new face. In 1964, Edwards appeared in the ...
4. This River Is Wild Time Magazine got near the heart of The Killers’ appeal when it wrote, “Brandon Flowers sings as though he’s actually in the middle of a battle, belting out emotional platitudes over explosions.” Brandon loves crescendos, and he loves building his albums to a cre...