Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield first began performing together as part of a short-lived band called the Paramours. After the band broke up, they continued to perform together under their new name of the Righteous Brothers. Although they relied primarily on other songwriters for their material, their distinctive vocals made each song their own, cementing…
Through tenacity and grit, he has gone from relatively unknown Tennessee hip-hop act to one of the most popular country artists in the world. His is a genuine American success story. At the same time, his story is one of survival plagued by addiction and mental health issues. His name is Jelly Roll. Few could…
Singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and social activist Harry Chapin died in a car crash in July 1981. Despite being just 38 at the time of his death, he left behind a vast body of work that, over 40 years later, continues to inspire and influence as much as ever. Over the course of his decade-long career, he…
Born into poverty in the Cleveland slums, Bobby Womack sang his way out of the ghettos to become one of the greatest vocalists of his generation. After starting his career alongside his brothers in the Valentinos, he came to prominence as a solo artist in the ’70s, achieving huge fame throughout the US and Europe….
Even after his death from a plane crash in 1965, Jim Reeves’ music continued to chart for years, a testament to his enduring legacy in country music. Popularly referred to as “Gentleman Jim,” Jim Reeves has also been inducted in the Country Music and the Texas Country Music Halls of Fame. Jim became a popular…
Lenny Kravtiz has been active as a singer-songwriter since the early 1980s. However, it is interesting to note that a lot of people will remember him best because of the late 1990s and early 2000s, which was when he won a record-breaking four consecutive Grammys for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Kravitz remains very much…
Tiffany Renee Darwish is an American former teen icon, singer, songwriter, and actress well known as Tiffany. Tiffany began her music career at a young age when she released her self-titled album at fifteen. The album features her first single hit, a cover of the Tommy James and Shondells song “ I Think We’re Alone…
Doris Day was a singer and actress who began her career in 1939 as a big band singer. She achieved commercial success in the mid-1940s when she was performing with ‘Les Brown & His Band of Renown.’ In 1947, Doris Day left Brown to pursue a career as a solo artist. Between then and 1947,…
Gojira’s journey from the sleepy suburbs of Bayonne in France was never going to be easy. Theirs is a story of one of the most incredible ascents in the history of metal music with Joe and Mario, the band’s vocalist and drummer at the forefront. The band was formed in 1996 as Godzilla and rose…