54 Years Later, This Elton John Classic Is Still the Most Honest Love Song Ever Written

This 1970 classic hit by Elton John captures what real love feels like, simple, honest, and timeless enough to still move you ...

The story of the English song that was minor hit in Europe before becoming an all-American classic

In fact New York Groove was written by Russ Ballard and recorded originally by North London glitter-popstrels Hello, who enjoyed a brief burst of fame in the mid-70s. Three years before Frehley ...
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The Story Behind the Most Heartbreaking Song Ever Written

Stout Street has been called one of the most emotionally heavy songs ever recorded. This video examines its lyrics, ...
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How a love song written by a Navy sailor became a viral sensation 64 years later

Never in 82-year-old Morton Block's wildest dreams did he think that his original song written for his wife, “My Love,” would become a hit or a viral TikTok sensation — let alone 64 years after he ...
American Songwriter

The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Song Written With Bob Dylan

It led to Dylan co-writing a song with Petty and the Heartbreakers’ guitarist, Mike Campbell. Meanwhile, George Harrison and Jeff Lynne were scheming a new band, the Traveling Wilburys, while working ...
Rolling Stone

Lady Gaga Closes FireAid With ‘Shallow’ and Shares Hopeful Song Written for Concert

Lady Gaga closed out one of the FireAid benefit shows from Intuit Dome, performing an emotional rendition of her song “Shallow” followed by a rousing performance of “Always Remember Us This Way.” The ...
New York Post

Here come The Beatles! New song ‘Now and Then’ to reunite Fab Four — here’s how

Soon it will feel like “Yesterday” all over again. That’s because there will be a brand-new Beatles song — yes, you read that right — coming here, there and everywhere in just one week. On Thursday, ...
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The classic holiday song written by an Alabamian might have flopped if not for this

It’s been 80 years since Birmingham, Ala., native Hugh Martin wrote “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” one of the most beloved Christmas songs of all time. But if not for Judy Garland, the ...
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The future's open wide: How Modern English's 'I Melt With You' went from Cold War protest to enduring prom anthem

“The amount of times we get told people got married to our song, made love to that song for the first time… whatever, it's lovely. But literally the lyrics are about a couple making love as the atom ...
The Washington Post

Song goes viral 64 years after it was written by a lovelorn sailor

Morton “Mort” Block was smitten with someone he met on the beach in Atlantic City in 1958, but he was worried she might not feel the same way. “I knew she was it — she was the one for me,” said Block, ...
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Rock singer says new song was written with late bandmate in a dream: ‘Thank you’

A famous rock singer says a new song came to him in a dream with help from a late bandmate. Sammy Hagar released “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight” on Friday, three years after claiming he was inspired to ...