Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images On April 11, 2026, Jack White performed a last-minute set at Coachella. His performance became one of the most ta... read more
Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash on September 30, 1973. A few weeks later, his song "Time In A Bottle" hit #1.
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Best known for his rendition of "Hallelujah," Rufus Wainwright's songs bear the dramatic and musical marks of opera, which he loves. Some of his songs are about his parents, the singers Loudon Wainwright III ("Dinner At Eight") and Kate McGarrigle ("Beauty Mark").
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The Canadian superstar talks about his sudden rise to fame, and tells the stories behind his hits "Sunglasses At Night," "Boy In The Box" and "Never Surrender."
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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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Many actors have attempted music, but only a few have managed a hit. Do you know which of these thespians charted?
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Does he have beef with Gaga? Is he Sean Lennon's godfather? See if you can tell fact from fiction in the Elton John edition.
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Way back in the mists of time, - say 1970-ish I remember reading in a music journal (Prolly "Melody Maker") about the writer discovering a film somewhere entitled "Postcards of the Hanging" and speculating on Dylan sitting in some ancient movie theatre in Hibbing or Duluth and scribbling down the title for future reference in a song or something. The implication being that Dylan nicks ideas from other art works, (What else is new?). I'm not at all concerned about that, but for decades I have tried in vain to find the film so sardonically entitled. Anybody any ideas?...