Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Dolly Parton wrote "9 To 5" for the comedy film she stars in. But its theme echoes how she overcame many ... read more
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Vincent Price did the spooky narration on "Thriller." He was paid a flat fee of $20,000, turning down a percentage of the royalties that would have paid him far more.
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Rapper Macklemore met DJ/producer Ryan Lewis on MySpace in 2006. He took Lewis on as a photographer, but it wasn't long before they started making music together. Their first hit was 2013's "Thrift Shop," a satire of the blinged-out, hip-hop lifestyle.
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Edie Brickell on her collaborations with Paul Simon, Steve Martin and Willie Nelson, and her 2021 album with the New Bohemians.
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This song starts in Boston with a tea party and takes us to the other end of the American Revolution.
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Did the corduroy jacket come from the Gap? Is their biggest hit a cover song? Take this Fact or Fiction to find out.
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Originally from Allentown, PA., I was an intern at WNEP-TV 16 in 1987 and had no idea that The Buoys were from Wilkes-Barre. The song had gotten a lot of play in the Allentown area, and one morning it played on the radio at the TV station and Frank Andrews (a noon news anchor at the time) assured me that it was about a mule. Apparently he swallowed the KoolAid as well, as we now know that it WAS about a person. Ironically, I got a job at WNEP after the internship and moved to Wilkes-Barre, right across the bridge from Kingston, PA., where many of the bandmates were from (The Crackerbox!!). I spent a lot of time at the Playboy Steakhouse and Murray's, as well. I wanted to say, that YES, they DID release a 45 with a donkey picture and name of...