Steve Lacy is a singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist who remained anonymous for a long time. He played gigs and even executively produced an album that was nominated for a Grammy while still in high school. Still, he was not interested in pursuing a solo career after resting in the comfort zone of a band,…
Alicia Augello Cook, better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is more than a singer. She is a New York Times bestselling author and a fifteen-time Grammy Award winner, classically trained in the piano, and began composing at age twelve. The incomparable Alicia signed with Columbia Records at just fifteen years old as an…
Tom Odell is an English musician who has been active since the early 2010s. Amusingly, he started songwriting before he started singing because of his time in a band that struggled to maintain a lead singer. Eventually, Odell received a record deal because of Lily Allen, thus putting him on the path to stardom. So…
Sam Cooke, commonly referred to as the “King of Soul,” was instrumental in changing the pop and soul scene from the late 1950s until the early 1960s before he passed away. Sam Cooke is famous for songs such as “You Send Me” and “Wonderful World”, which topped the charts at their peak. Sam Cooke’s music…
Khalif Malik Ibn Shaman Brown, whose stage name is Swae Lee, has made a fortune in the music industry. His love for music began as a teenager when he partnered with his brother, Aaquil, whose stage name is Slim Jxmmi, to start a music group. They recorded their first music video, and the two brothers…
Singer, songwriter, and musician Neil Diamond was born in New York on January 24, 1941. He began his career in the music industry in 1962. Diamond is one of the best-selling artists of all time as he has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including 49.5 million albums in the United States. The singer…
Charlie Daniels arrived in Nashville in the late 1960s with hopes of securing steady work as a session musician. As the leader of the Charlie Daniels Band, he pioneered American sound and helped create a genre. His song “Devil Went Down to Georgia” is a pivotal landmark in modern music. But in 1967, the future…
Most people are at least somewhat familiar with popular Australian band Men At Work. They were formed in 1978 and they’re still performing today. That fact alone speaks volumes about their ability to create hits as well as their staying power. Through the years, they’ve had a number of songs that worked to shape not…
Are there a lot of popular songs out there that have hidden meanings? We’re talking about genuine hidden meanings here and not the kind in horror movies where a record played backward results in a message from the devil himself. These are songs where the songwriter meant something else or the listener interpreted the words…