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BY RANDAL C. HILL
By the early 1970s, Motown’s teenage brother music group the Jackson 5 was regularly burning up the Billboard singles and album charts. Lead singer Michael later recalled, “It was Berry...
By Noreen Kompanik
The Oak Ridge Boys – the legendary group consisting of William Lee Golden, Duane Allen, Joe Bonsall and Richard Sterban – has been performing on stage together for over 50 years. But the fascinating and unique history...
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BY RANDAL C. HILL
The Beatles had 20. Elvis Presley had 18. Michael Jackson—with and without his singing brethren—had 17. Had what? The answer is hit singles. And not just any successful releases but...
“Imagine a moonless night in the Rockies at 10,000 feet; a meteor went by, its tail stretching across the sky, and burned itself out. It was raining fire in the sky.”
Writer: Randal C. Hill
Inspirations for a hit song can sometimes spring from a most unusual source.
Members of the California septet War hailed from different neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles. Of disparate backgrounds and different ages, the musicians found...
By Randal C. Hill
Even before he became a successful and respected musician, Gerry Rafferty had developed a loathing for the often-underhanded machinations of the pop-music industry.
Born in 1947 in Paisley, Scotland (near Glasgow), Rafferty came from a working-class family,...
