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In the closing months of the 1970s, Capitol Records had its fastest-selling debut release in the US since The Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your...

A world without Rob Zombie’s macabre “spookshow international” is not a world that any sane person should want to be part of. It’s nigh-on impossible...

In 1980, producer Reinhold Mack went straight from making The Game, arguably Queen’s crowning achievement, to recording Billy Squier’s blockbuster breakout album, Don’t Say No....

Jimmy Smith wasn’t the first organist in jazz – Fats Waller, Count Basie, and Wild Bill Davis all preceded him – but he was the...

What’s the connection between Patsy Cline, her country contemporary Mel Tillis, and original rock’n’roller Carl Perkins? The answer is the ballad “So Wrong,” the penultimate...

Look in the space provided for comments on Elvis Costello’s report card, and you’re sure to see the phrase “plays well with others.” As singular...