Foreigner is a notable name in rock and roll. For those who are curious, it is a British-American rock band that started up in 1976. Soon enough, Foreigner had managed to release its first studio album, which was the first of four straight studio albums to go multi-platinum. Something that says much about the positive…
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…
After listening to most of Trey Songz’s albums and songs, you will agree that he utilizes the full extent of his voice and sings with power and emotion that has often been mistaken as forceful singing or trying too hard. However, Trey Songz never recognized his vocal abilities until he was fourteen. His musical influences…
The Killers are a rock band formed in 2001 in Las Vegas. The founding members of the band are Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning. While Flowers is the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and bassist, Keuning plays the lead guitar and provides backing vocals. A year after the band was formed, Mark Stoermer joined the band as…
Before becoming a household name in the 1960s and ’70s, Carla Thomas made records for her dad. During his tenure as A&R man at Stax Records, Rufus Thomas gave his little girl an outlet to sing and record with the Teen Town Singers in 1952 – at the age of 10. By 1962 she’d earned…
Breaking Benjamin is a notable rock band of the 2000s. It is centered on its lead singer Benjamin Burnley, who inspired its name because he once broke a borrowed microphone. Breaking Benjamin has undergone some significant changes over the course of its existence. For example, the one that is famous isn’t the first band to…
Billie Holiday was a singer known for performing jazz and swing music. She was born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia in 1915 and earned the nickname ‘Lady Day.’ The singer began her career in 1930, and she became an innovative influence on jazz and pop music genres. Holiday was also known for both her improvisational musical…
Not every album Celine Dion has made has been greeted warmly by the critics. In fact, most have received mixed reviews. It hasn’t stopped her from selling them by the boatload though. After releasing several French-language albums in her native Canada, she released her English-speaking debut, Unison, in 1990. It sent her career stratospheric, and…
Born to Albanian refugees, Ava Max grew up listening to Mariah Carey’s pop hits, and her mother sang opera. After living in Paris for one year, her parents moved to Wisconsin, where a good Samaritan helped them acquire passports. Ava Max’s parents supported her decision to pursue music and always accompanied her to singing competitions…