‘Cold Blooded’: Red Hot Motown Glory For Rick James
Motown’s most dangerous star of the early 1980s was red hot in the summer of 1983, and so were his label. Rick James released his new...
‘Lucille’: Kenny Rogers Picks A Fine Time To Record A Country Smash
Today’s trivia question: which girl’s name lent itself to two completely different songs, one that topped the US R&B chart in 1957 and another that...
‘I Take What I Want’: James & Bobby Purify Call On Sam & Dave
“I take what I want,” sang Sam & Dave boldly on their second Stax single, released in 1965. “I’m a bad go-getter, yeah.” What they...
Got To Give It Up: 15 Songwriters And Producers That Shaped The Motown Sound
Emanating from Detroit, aka Motor City, the Motown sound forever transformed the landscape of soul and pop music. For the last 60 years, guided by...
Best Beastie Boys Songs: An Essential Top 20
To say that Beastie Boys were unique is true in so many different ways it’s almost meaningless. The group began life as a rough-and-ready hardcore...
Bae Jin-young leaves CIX, boyband to continue on as quartet
South Korean singer Bae Jin-young has left the K-pop boyband CIX after five years, with the group set to continue on as a quartet. READ...