Morale has a notable effect on a baseball player’s performance. Due to that, walk-up songs can have a surprisingly practical purpose in a baseball game. Moreover, they are also a lot of fun because they say so much about the people who choose them. Of course, some walk-up songs have been much better choices than…
Susan Tedeschi was one of the first female singers to emerge from the New Orleans blues scene and forge a career as both an artist in her own right and as the singer for her husband’s band, The Derek Trucks Band. According to CBS News, she has been nominated for Grammy awards more than six…
Alabama shakes is a band hailing from Athens that plays rock, pop, and R&B music. This band was formed in 2009. The band members are Brittany Howard, who was the vocalist, Zac Cockrell, who was the bassist; guitarist Heath Fogg, keyboardist Ben Tanner, and Steve Johnson, who was the drummer. The band was active from…
Porter Wagoner was born in West Plains, Missouri, on August 12, 1927. He is mostly popular for his country music and has been a major influence in the genre. Wagoner was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002. Wagoner began his musical career in the 1940s, playing guitar and singing with local…
Aqua is a Danish-Norwegian Dance-pop and Europop band that rose to fame after their 1997 multi-platinum crossover and hit single “Barbie Girl.” The group was formed in 1989, formerly Joyspeed, and became internationally known in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Aqua has released three albums: Megalomania in 2011, Aquarius in 2000, and Aquarium in…
Die Antwoord is a South African alternative hip-hop band comprising rappers Ninja and Yo-Landi Vi$$er, along with DJ Hi-Tek and Lil2Hood. They are known for their controversial appearances and music videos, often featuring surrealist imagery. They base their image on the South African counterculture movement known as zef. This group genre of music includes rave,…
Billy Joe Royal was born in 1942 and lived in Valdosta, Georgia until he was nine years old when the family moved to Atlanta. Since Royal had always wanted to be in a band he took steel guitar lessons. Within no time, his uncle felt he was good enough to be in a radio show…
Throughout the 1990s, the music scene kept on evolving. In the early 1990s, house music was the dominant genre. As for the 1990s, hip-hop became popular. However, 1997 was a special year because there was no dominant genre. The year produced hit songs from country, R&B, hip-hop, rock and other genres. Also, the year saw…
The world is always in motion. For instance, 1976 was the year in which the Cultural Revolution ended in China because of the death of Mao Zedong plus the arrests of the Gang of Four. Similarly, changes were happening in the music industry. After all, 1976 was the year in which U2 came into existence,…