Plain White T’s is an American pop punk band formed in 1997 by high school close friends Tom Higgenson, Ken Fletcher and Dave Tirio. They have released eight studio albums, four EPs, three live albums, and a greatest hits album. The band had a mostly underground following in the Chicago area until 2002, when they…
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…
Naked Eyes is an English synthpop duo that rose to prominence in the early 1980s. The band consists of Rob Fisher and Pete Byrne, both former members of new wave group The Buggles. Their genre of music is pop rock, Synthpop, and New Wave. The band has been active from 1982 to date. In this…
2001 was a year in which music fans enjoyed some of the greatest musical hits. That year, numerous artists released popular songs, often featured in movies, television shows, and commercials. Any music fan will love a mixtape of popular hits dropped in 2001. They were incredible and are still relevant to this day. This article…
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…
Warren Zevon was an anonymous genius. His was a generational talent but he remains a mystery to most of his generation. As Journalist Hadley Freeman explains, “Zevon was an artist’s artist, relatively little known to the public but revered by the best of his contemporaries.” Bob Dylan is a great admirer. Other fans include Jackson…
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,…