In the 80s, country music started crossover with pop music thanks to movies like 1980s Urban Cowboy starring John Travolta and Debra Winger. Many people refer to this decade as the Urban Cowboy Movement. During…

The incomparable band known as The Clash has been making earworms for us for more than four decades. With songs so classic they’ve been covered and re-covered, yet the original still makes the radio today,…

Creedence Clearwater Revival was founded in El Cerrito, California, in 1967. According to IMDB, the inspiration for the group’s name came from a few different things. Credence Nuvall was a friend of John Fogerty. Someone…

Aerosmith is well known as one of the most prolific bands of all time. In addition, they have been performing for decades, amassing a number of songs that have become fan favorites. Not incidentally, some…

James Taylor started his career in 1968 with the Beatles’ Apple label. He was 20 years old, had floppy hair, an acoustic guitar, and a notebook full of frank confessionals. Two years later, those confessionals…

Boston frontman Tom Scholz spent six long years tinkering away on songs in his basement, braving rejection and humiliation as he tried to win a record deal. Finally, he did. Boston subsequently went on to…

The first press release issued by the Ramones read: “The Ramones are not an oldies group. They are not a glitter group, they don’t play boogie music and they don’t play the blues. The Ramones…

John Lennon may have thought the Beatles were bigger than Jesus, but there’s an argument that Paul McCartney, both via his solo material and his work with Wings, turned out to be bigger than even…

Whenever Stevie Ray Vaughan stepped onto the stage to rock his guitar in front of cheering fans wherever he went, many people compared him to his heroes such as Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, and Mick…