"This is a Christmas song whose eggnog has been spiked with acid, and whose definition of holiday cheer comes with a complimentary kick below the belt," wrote Huffington Post in 2013. "It's also an absolute riot." LCD Soundsystem - "Christmas Will Break Yo...
Smokey wrote Being With You for Kim but his manager persuaded him to record it himself and he ended up in the No 2 spot behind Kim’s monster hit. Ray Charles – Them That Got 1962 Always a winner Ray Charles had it all when it comes to an encyclopedia of music talent, barrelhouse,...
“Please remember him as a great artist,” she wrote. “He was an actor’s actor! I will always be inspired by him and know how lucky I am to have such a great father!!A familiar character actor who often portrayed officious types, Coster played chief of detectives J.E. Carson on ...
The Fats Domino written cowboyish vibe of the song was already there growing up since Buddy released it on his self titled 1958 LP but added a poignant soundtrack to the news that another music hero had gone to the great beyond. I was too young to appreciate the great loss of Buddy ...
1 hits to his name with and without The Beatles, but Paul set an unbreakable record when he wrote “Live and Let Die.”Paul McCartney | Bettmann/Contributor Paul McCartney set an unbreakable record with an Oscar nomination for “Live and Let Die”There was one Beatles song Paul never ...
Her tough take-no-prisoners style led to friction with Joel’s business partners, and he wrote the song in support of her. One of the greatest soft rock anthems of all time, the haunting key and time signature keep “She’s Always a Woman” in the listener’s memory long after the...
“All that alternative stuff really propelled us into 'Far Beyond Driven,'” Drummer Vinnie Paul told ‘Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal,’“Before we even wrote a note we went, ‘This album has to be the most over-the-top metal record ever made.’ After ‘Vulgar...
As news of Lightfoot's passing spread Monday night, musical peers and members of the music media began to weigh in on the death of the singer. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote, "We have lost one of our greatest singer-songwriters. Gordon Lightfoot captured our country’s spirit ...
1. In her memoir, Wonderful Tonight, Boyd wrote: “He told me, in a matter-of-fact way, that he had written it for me. I thought it was beautiful — and it turned out to be the most successful song he ever wrote, with more than 150 cover versions.”...
1. In her memoir, Wonderful Tonight, Boyd wrote: “He told me, in a matter-of-fact way, that he had written it for me. I thought it was beautiful — and it turned out to be the most successful song he ever wrote, with more than 150 cover versions.”...