Aretha Franklin began her career as a child, singing gospel at the same church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father was a minister. By the time she turned 18, she’d landed a record deal with Columbia. She wasn’t an overnight success, but after changing labels to Atlantic in 1966, her fortunes changed. The release of…
Trapt is a California Rock-and-roll band. They formed the group in Los Gatos, California. The members of Trapt include Chris Taylor Brown, Pete Charell, and Brendan Hengle. The group has delivered eight studio albums. Fans appreciate the fresh approach that Trapt offers. The band uniquely mixes Nu metal, post-grunge, alternative rock and metal, and challenging…
Patti LaBelle has been working in show business since the 1960s. During that time, she has truly set herself apart from most other people in the business because of her versatility and her ability to adapt to new situations. Not only is she a singer, but also a songwriter, a businesswoman and an actress. For…
There’s no doubt about the fact that Sade is one of the most popular British female artists that’s ever existed. Over a career that has spanned a number of decades, she has performed countless times all over the world. She has also produced no less than six studio albums. Singing mainly in the genres of…
Originally born in Atlanta, Texas in 1968, but mostly raised out of Foreman, Arkansas, Tracy Lawrence grew up in a five-sibling household, singing and playing guitar at a local Methodist church. Despite the objections of his stepfather, Lawrence was determined to pursue a career in music. At the age of seventeen, he joined a honky-tonk…
Punk rock has both waxed and waned over time. To name an example, there was a revival of mainstream interest in punk rock in the 1990s. Something that couldn’t have happened without the success of certain banner-bearers. One excellent example would be the Offspring, a punk rock band that started up in 1984 and has…
The Charlie Daniels Band were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016. Best known for their landmark fiddle epic “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, this was a band that crossed boundaries, deflated stereotypes, and broke new ground. As the front man of his namesake band, Daniels was an incredible multi-instrumentalist and…
They comprised one half of the most famous foursome in music history. One was known as the “cute one”, the other was called the “quiet one”. Boyhood friends Paul McCartney and George Harrison grew up together, grew popular together and eventually, grew apart. But the relationship between Paul and George is one of the most…
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….