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.”Watch the Beatles' 'Something...
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.”Watch the Beatles' 'Something...
“Substitute”—declared themselves in an unprecedented fury of compressed sonic aggression, an artistic statement matched and intensified onstage by Townshend’s habit of smashing his guitar to climax concerts. While other groups were moving toward peace-and-love idealism, the Who sang of unrequited...
One of the most famous songs Elton John and Bernie Taupin ever wrote together, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," wasn't even credited to their real names, but instead to the respective pseudonyms Ann Orson and Carte Blanche, a sort of play on "a horse and cart" and "carte blanche." And...
The couple has far too many accolades to make mention of, butwrote the songs to the smash hit filmsFrozenandFrozen II.What's more, they were a vital component to the success of Pixar's first ever musical movieCoco.They've even made a significant mark on the world ofWinnie the Poohand...
Elton John and Bernie Taupin: Ann Orson and Carte Blanche One of the most famous songs Elton John and Bernie Taupin ever wrote together, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," wasn't even credited to their real names, but instead to the respective pseudonyms Ann Orson and Carte Blanche, a sort ...
Photo: TomCollins flickr CC-BY-ND 2.0 Legendary and soulful singer-songwriter Bobby Caldwell passed away on March 15, 2023. He was 71. Bobby Caldwell was a phenomenal singer and songwriter who wrote numerous number-one hits such as “What You Won't Do for Love” and “The Next Time I ...
“Suddenly, in this two-horse town, Sinatra meant excitement, excitement meant crowds, crowds meant gambling, and gambling meant money for the casinos, especially the ones where Frank was playing,” author James Kaplan wrote in the biographyFrank: The Voice. Sinatra’s entourage also joined in ...
[for]Destroyer, he walked around with the whistle. He was contributing a lot of things. Nobody in Kiss wrote the “Detroit Rock City” solo, that was an Ezrin idea. That’s orchestrated. It’s brilliant, it’s like a trumpet, but nobody could play it better than those guys the way...
[for]Destroyer, he walked around with the whistle. He was contributing a lot of things. Nobody in Kiss wrote the “Detroit Rock City” solo, that was an Ezrin idea. That’s orchestrated. It’s brilliant, it’s like a trumpet, but nobody could play it better than those guys the way...