When Celine Dion burst out onto the scene as a 25-year-old French-Canadian singer, many people touted her to be the next Barbra Streisand. Celine Dion had released seven French albums by the time she was 18 before her manager introduced her to English music. She credits her success to her manager, Rene Angelil, who put…
Kiki Dee is the stage name of the English singer Pauline Matthews. Her music career started in 1960. However, she didn’t become well-known until she signed with Elton John’s record label a decade later. Eventually, that led to her performing “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” with the Rocket Man himself in 1976, which propelled her…
Chances are good that campfire songs predate civilization. After all, archaic humans were making campfires more than a million years before the emergence of modern humans. Furthermore, our ancestors gained the ability to sing the same way we do more than 530,000 years ago, though that isn’t the same as actually doing so. The idea…
Most songs are recorded once. Often, they fail to make much of an impression, thus resulting in them sinking back into oblivion. A smaller number receive covers. Generally speaking, they receive one or two. However, some have hundreds. Unsurprisingly, these songs tend to be well-known, even if interested individuals don’t know their names off-hand. Here…
Bruce Springsteen is one of the most captivating and influential musical artists of the last 100 years. Appropriately nicknamed “The Boss”, Bruce embodies the true definition of both sophisticated poet and dynamic entertainer. His sound evokes the best that arena rock has to offer while his style and versatility remain the standard for the modern…
Swing Out Sister is a British pop group that has been around since the mid-1980s. Initially, it was a trio consisting of Andy Connell as a keyboardist, Martin Jackson as a drummer, and Corinne Drewery as a vocalist. However, it has been a duo for a long time because Jackson left during the making of…
Fans of the soft rock genre are quite familiar with the name of Stephen Bishop. This multi-talented singer/songwriter helped to fuel the romantic fancies of many in the 70’s and 80’s. His unique ability to score some of the best loved ballads both for film and radio is quite impressive. In fact, Stephen has…
Weddings are special. As a result, people should do their utmost to make everything proceed as smoothly as possible. That includes choosing the wedding intro song with care and consideration. It might not seem very important in the grand scheme of things. However, interested individuals should remember that even the smallest decisions can add up,…
Music possesses incredible power. For instance, music can soothe our pain and relieve our stress, meaning it can help us through even the most challenging of times. As a result, it makes perfect sense for people to seek out songs about healing when they are feeling hurt for whatever reason. Here are 20 of the…