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Nat King Cole’s ‘Straighten Up and Fly Right’: More Than A Mere ‘Jive Ditty’

In the years before Nat King Cole became one of the leading solo vocalists in America and around the world, there was a song that...

‘The Second’: Steppenwolf Were Born To Be Even Wilder

The first, self-titled Steppenwolf album of 1968 is the one that fast-tracked them to fame and fortune, fuelled by the anthemic “Born To Be Wild.”...

Best Steve Hackett Solos: 20 Essential Moments Of Brilliance

Born on February 12, 1950, the guitarist, songwriter, and producer Steve Hackett is a quiet pioneer. Always an innovative musician, his influence can be seen...

‘Eat A Peach’: How The Allman Brothers Band Picked Up The Pieces

From the opening bars of “Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More,” the Allman Brothers set out their stall on with their third studio album, Eat A...

‘Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ’Em’: When The World Clocked Hammer Time

No one could escape the infectious hook line of MC Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This” in the summer of 1990. A radio staple all over...

‘Moving Pictures’: How Rush Painted A Masterpiece In Sound

“Everybody got mixed feelings about the function and the form,” Rush declared in “Vital Signs,” the concluding track of 1981’s Moving Pictures. Fortuitously, however, it...

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