What happened to the country music stars of the 80s?

Country music was at its finest in the 1980s with singers such as Kenny Rogers, Reba McEntire, George Strait, and The Judds.

Bob Dylan Created This Iconic Song Out of Anger and It Became His Greatest Song Ever

Bob Dylan’s 1965 classic Like a Rolling Stone was born from anger, becoming one of the most legendary songs in rock history.

Elton John's Greatest Song Was a Flop — Until This Cult-Classic Film Revived Its Popularity 3 Decades Later

Elton John’s greatest song flopped in 1971, but one unforgettable Almost Famous scene turned it into a defining moment in ...

The irony in an AI musician singing ‘How Was I supposed to Know?’

The irony in an AI musician singing ‘How Was I supposed to Know?’ Billboard's announcement of an AI artist on one of its ...
American Songwriter

This 1986 Hit Was Inspired by a Bumpy English Channel Ride 2,000 Miles From the Song Title’s Location

The Bangles' 1986 hit, "Walk Like an Egyptian", has roots in Egypt, of course, but also (surprisingly) England and a small city in Ohio.

How Whitesnake made a cult R&B song their own – and got the blessing of the soul icon who wrote it

Whitesnake began playing Ain’t No Love right away, and the song instantly became a crowd favourite. Also in place from the start was what Marsden calls “the singalong bit” – the section where ...

Billie Eilish Almost Tossed ‘Birds of a Feather' and Worried Song Was ‘Kind of Stupid'

Billie Eilish's fragile, love-soaked song, "Birds of a Feather," almost didn't take flight. In a new interview, the singer ...
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“I realised how hard it was to play these songs”: Alex Lifeson makes a surprise admission

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Last week saw the announcement that Rush fans have been waiting ...

Gordon Lightfoot song about Gales of November stands the test of time | Opinion

The Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot and the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald are inextricably linked in a way few ...
American Songwriter

3 Nostalgic Songs From the 1970s That Influenced Who You Became as a Person

If you were a kid during the 1970s, the most nostalgic songs of the era might have had a hand in influencing the kind of ...

'It was meant to be filler': Story of Gordon Lightfoot's 'Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'

Gordon Lightfoot and his band recorded the "little ditty" in a Toronto studio in December 1975, just weeks after the ...

Without the song, ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ may have been largely forgotten

Without Gordon Lightfoot’s song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory along with the names of the roughly 6,500 ...