Tony Orlando is an American pop singer whose career spanned over 60 years. He is best known for his songs with the pop band Tony Orlando and Dawn. The band was popular in the 1970s…

Bananarama is a pop duo formed in London in 1981 by friends Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward. The pair met while attending the independent Wycombe Abbey girls’ school, where they became friends. Dallin and Woodward…

2002 was a big year for music. It was an era where boy bands and girl groups were all the rage, and the year’s top songs reflect that. During this year, we saw the rise…

Big Country is a Scottish band that was formed in 1981 and is still active to date. Their music is influenced by many different genres, most notably traditional Scottish folk, Alternative rock, new wave, folk…

Bobbie Gentry is an American singer-songwriter born by the name Roberta Lee Streeter, Mississippi. She was the first woman to write and produce her own country hit. She started singing formally in 1966 and retired…

Songwriters use the word girl in their songs to express feelings of love, independence, power, aggression, empathy, and passion, among others. They try to encourage every young woman and girl to be their person and…

Ray Boltz is a retired contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and evangelist. Boltz was born in Muncie, Indiana, in 1953. His music career began in 1986 when he produced inspirational and faith songs. In this…

Music can express emotions that we would struggle to voice with pure words. As a result, it is very understandable for people to play music as a way of remembering those who have passed on….

The Rascals is an American folk rock band founded in the early 1960s in Garfield, New Jersey. This band’s music reflects the influence of the British Invasion and the American folk rock movement of that…