Category: Classic Hits

Sam Smith and Spotify Team Up for New Single: “Diamonds”

POWSTER—an award-winning interactive creative studio/production company for over 150 movie distributors—in collaboration with the world’s largest music company Universal Music Group, music industry-leading label Capitol Records UK, and Grammy-Award winning artist Sam Smith, join forces for the launch of a web-based AR activation for Smith’s new single “Diamonds,” only available on Spotify. The project celebrates […]

The Lumineers Featured on Nonprofit Partnership to End Addiction Podcast

Partnership to End Addiction announced its launch with a campaign emphasizing the importance of personal connection in addressing our nation’s addiction crisis. A 3D-animated series of advertisements features music by Grammy-nominated band The Lumineers. The nonprofit also released a podcast hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Elizabeth Vargas. “Following the merger of two […]

‘Whoa, Nelly!’ Turns 20

Grammy® winning singer/songwriter Nelly Furtado first spread her artistic wings and soared into America by taking a bold approach to pop music with her debut release of Whoa, Nelly! on October 24, 2000. At the time, she signalled a new era by coupling her multicultural musical heritage with an unabashed willingness to write songs about […]

Demi Lovato, Mary J Blidge and More Featured on Women With A Message

With the goal of fostering a community and the creativity it curates, UMe’s Urban Legends division will launch “Women With A Message,” a campaign highlighting grassroots activism, leadership innovation and self-determination from women who have redefined industry, sports and political activism. The campaign will feature conversations amongst influential women who are crafting and delivering the […]

Learn the Lyrics to Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond

“Sweet Caroline” is a song written and performed by American singer Neil Diamond and released in May 1969 as a single with the title “Sweet Caroline”. It was arranged by Charles Calello, and recorded at American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. “Sweet Caroline Good times never seemed so good I’ve been inclined To believe they […]

One Hit Wonders: Tainted Love

Tainted Love” is a song composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of American group the Four Preps, which was originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1964. It attained worldwide fame after being covered and reworked by British synth-pop duo Soft Cell in 1981 and has since been covered by numerous groups and artists. Buoyed by the […]

Halsey Announces “Make Your Name – Be a King”

Budweiser announces a partnership with chart topping, multi-platinum, Grammy nominated singer/songwriter and social activist, Halsey, unveiling a new film titled: “Make Your Name – Be a King.” The globally recognized talent stars in the film highlighting her amazing story of self-belief in rising from New Jersey teenager Ashley Frangipane to award winning musician Halsey. Fueled […]

Billie Eilish, Alicia Keys and More Featured on ‘Endless Playlist’

Pandora has introduced the Endless Playlist, where artists can share their favorite songs along with personal messages, then pass the mic to fellow artists to make their picks. Beginning today, listeners can journey through handpicked songs and discover the music loved by Alicia Keys, Maxwell, Snoh Aalegra, The Neighbourhood, Billie Eilish, and Arlo Parks, with […]

Kiss’ Rock and Roll All Nite turns 45

On this day, 45 years ago “Rock and Roll All Nite” by Kiss, was originally released on their 1975 album Dressed to Kill. It was released as the A-side of their fifth single, with the album track “Getaway”. The studio version of the song peaked at No. 69 on the Billboard singles chart, besting the […]

One Hit Wonders: “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister

“We’re Not Gonna Take It” is a song by the American band Twisted Sister from their album Stay Hungry. It was first released as a single (with “You Can’t Stop Rock & Roll” as the B-side) on April 27, 1984. The Stay Hungry album was released two weeks later, on May 10, 1984. The single […]