Author: Thomas Newman

In 1986, Poison released their debut album, Look What the Cat Dragged In. With their big hooks and even bigger hair, they immediately carved out a place for themselves as the top party band in…

Marvin Gaye was a legendary American singer and songwriter who also moved into record producing during his short-lived career. Gaye released 25 albums instrumental in the Motown movement that began in music during the 1960s…

A native of South Georgia, Cole Swindell knew that music was his one true passion from a relatively young age. After leaving college in 2007, he moved to Nashville to pursue his dream. After signing…

In 1993, Clay Walker broke into the Top Ten of the country charts with his eponymous debut album. The album produced a slew of No. 1 singles, quickly establishing Walker as one of the brightest…

Originally born in Atlanta, Texas in 1968, but mostly raised out of Foreman, Arkansas, Tracy Lawrence grew up in a five-sibling household, singing and playing guitar at a local Methodist church. Despite the objections of…

Punk rock has both waxed and waned over time. To name an example, there was a revival of mainstream interest in punk rock in the 1990s. Something that couldn’t have happened without the success of…

Over a career spanning more than 30 years, Frank Zappa released over 60 albums both as a solo artist and with his band, Mother of Invention. In the process, he changed the face of music….

Even though he’s never enjoyed as much chart success as some of his contemporaries, very few artists can claim to have made quite so big an impression on the entertainment industry as Kris Kristofferson. His…

Bobby Vinton is an American singer who made his debut in 1962 in the pop music scene. He quickly became one of the most popular artists of the decade with a successful career that hit…