Photo by JMEnternational/Getty Images On "Where Is My Husband!", the Mercury Prize-winning Raye wonders when her true love will finally arrive.... read more
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More facts about StayThe Australian songstress earned international acclaim with her collaborations with French DJ/music producer David Guetta, including "Titanium," and "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)."
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Rufus Wainwright on "Hallelujah," his album Unfollow The Rules, and getting into his "lyric trance" on 12-hour walks.
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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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MTV, a popular TV theme song and Madonna all show up in this '80s music quiz.
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Was Dr. Feelgood a dentist? Did the "Crüecifixion" really happen?
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Not long before this song was released, I ran across the expression "silver spring" in a short story, used to describe a special, romantic spring. Since I read the book from which Stevie got the Rhiannon concept (Triad, by Mary Leader), I wondered if Stevie Nicks and I had the same taste in reading material. Anyway, I was working as an afternoon-drive disc jockey at the time and always looking for new tunes to intersperse with hits. This was one of them. I found a lot of truly good songs on B sides and as album cuts. The B-side tunes like this one helped set a mood....