It all started for Def Leppard in 1977, in a small British town called Sheffield at an even smaller school called Tapton High. It’s been almost fourty years and the boys have never looked back. Originally going with the name Atomic Mass until at some point guitarist suggested the name Def Leppard. The ‘Def’ is […]
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born in London in 1988, and this past year broke more music, sales, concert, YouTube and social awards than we can remember. Adele has made music history in the USA; as within Billboard Magazine, holding the record for having three simultaneous top 10 singles as a lead artist. Another record […]
The music scene in 1975 was an unusual one – early disco, folk rock (primarily Eagles) and bands named Lynyrd Skynyrd, British and Beach Boys were on the charts. 1975 was the early years for superegos Bad Company, Queen, Foreigner, Heart, ZZ Top and David Bowie. Imagine a year where in your car, you might […]
On June 7th 1958, Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, MN to an artistic family, his mother a jazz singer, his father was an accomplished pianist. In his early years, he was given the childhood nickname of ‘Skipper,’ a name that stuck until his teens. Prince was a musical prodigy, writing his first song […]
This Memorial Day, be sure to remember those that paid the highest of sacrifice, giving their lives to protect this country. In rock and roll there have been many songs that reflect our countries pro and cons of battle. Here are a few worth remembering this day… “Unknown Soldier” by the Doors was released at […]
It’s Memorial Day and there’s plenty going on in the music world. Let’s take a moment to touch base with what happened this Memorial Day weekend! Justin Bieber said before the Purpose tour started that he would be donating a portion of the tour to charity. Well, one report is stating that so far he […]
This week’s Mediabase chart is out and we see a new number one after Lukas Graham’s hit, “7 Years,” drops to number two. DCNE’s “Cake By the Ocean” has been a huge hit across many genres, so we’re not surprised to see it do so well here. It is the new number one hit by […]
Everyone has loved Rihanna’s song with Drake titled “Work,” but now she has herself a second song inside the top 10 of the Mediabase chart. This week that second song added to the top 10 is “Needed Me” and it finds itself at number 10 after being at number 13 last week. For another week […]
On Wednesday night, Jimmy Kimmel went on with his late night television show, but didn’t have the appearances he thought he would have. Instead of having The Weeknd and Belly appear, both canceled and Belly would tell everyone why in a statement he later made. The reasons why Belly and we presume The Weeknd both […]
The real reason young men bought guitars and spent hours playing rock and roll, is the desire to be rich and famous, and get the girl. Girl’s names have been in the song titles of our popular songs since the beginning of time. Here are more great songs that use a women’s name in the […]