When it comes to icons of the music industry, few come close to Dionne Warwick. Since rising to fame as Burt Bacharach’s protégé in the early 1960s, she’s become one of the most charted (and beloved) female vocalists of all time, making it to the Billboard charts an astonishing 80 times between 1962 and 1998….
In 1951, Eunice Kathleen Waymon was rejected from the Curtis Institute of Music, an event that instantly put an end to her ambition of becoming the first female black concert pianist in the US. A lesser artist would have given up and taken up typing instead. But Waymon was cut from a different cloth to…
Bobby Vinton is an American singer who made his debut in 1962 in the pop music scene. He quickly became one of the most popular artists of the decade with a successful career that hit its peak during the 1960s and 1970s. His music appeal to younger fans with his romantic love songs. His style…
Falling around Spring time each year, the Kentucky Derby is the most famous equestrian event in US sports, with people rallying from across the world to watch the event. While its only 2 minutes, it is some of the most anticipated and exciting 2 minutes that goes down in history, in which the likes of…
It’s impossible to talk about the top female artists in country without referencing Faith Hill. Ever since the release of her debut album, Take Me As I Am in 1993, she’s enjoyed an enviable reputation as one of the most influential and commercially successful country artists in the world. To date, she’s won 5 Grammys…
In 1987, Tracy Chapman signed a record deal with Elektra Records. A year later, she released her self-titled debut album. Landing as it did during a time when hair metal and arena rock ruled, her introspective brand of acoustic folk-rock should have bombed. Instead, it soared, selling over a million copies in its first two…
The Chainsmokers, an electronic DJ and production duo consisting of Alexander “Alex” Pall and Andrew “Drew” Taggart, started out releasing remixes of songs by indie artists. In 2014, they broke into the charts with #Selfie, a song they’d cut for fun but which turned into their major breakthrough. Since then, they’ve won multiple awards, become…
Charlie Wilson is an American musical artist better known as Uncle Charlie. He served as the lead vocalist for the Gap Band. He’s a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and became prominent in the R&B genre as one of the top male vocalists. He is also a songwriter and record producer. He was honored with a…
In late 1981, Tesla was formed by bassist Brian Wheat and guitarist Frank Hannon By 1984, vocalist Jeff Keith and drummer Troy Luccketta had jumped on board. Over the next decade, they established themselves as the “thinking man’s hair metal band,” a welcome (if underappreciated) antidote to overblown posturing of the genre’s biggest bands In…