Photo by Michael Loccisano/FilmMagic In "Welcome To The Black Parade", My Chemical Romance recorded an epic tale about death and how humans continue ... read more
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Chris Hill, who co-wrote nine songs on Raye's new album, tells us how they came together.
Paul McCartney wrote "Blackbird" in Scotland after reading about race riots in the US, triggered when federal courts forced the racial desegregation of the Arkansas capital's school system.
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Red-headed songstress Florence Welch met vocalist/keyboardist Isabella "Machine" Summers when the two were teenagers trying to get over their boy troubles by blasting music at an English seaside studio. With a mash-up of their names, they formed an indie rock band and released their first album, Lungs, in 2009, and landed at #2 on the UK Albums Chart.
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Joe talks about the challenges of of making a Duke Ellington tribute album, and tells the stories behind some of his hits.
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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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Do you know who wrote Patti Smith's biggest hit? How about the Grease theme song? See if you can match the song to the writer.
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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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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...