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The year 1974 was quite a big one for the singer-songwriter and folk musician alike, and a ton of songs released that year are still inspiring musicians today. Let’s take a look at just four legendary songs that continue to influence and inspire artists today!
The holiday standard didn't become an overnight hit when it was released in 1986, but it proved to be an enduring success and remains one of the U.K.’s best-loved festive songs.
WOODBURY, Minn. -- Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter behind 1990s hit songs “I Kissed a Girl” and “Supermodel,” has died. She was 66. Sobule died in a house fire in Woodbury, Minnesota, her representatives announced. Authorities ...
The age of the singer-songwriter was really at its peak in 1969, and these songs remain inspirational tunes for today's artists.
Michelle Lewis, CEO of the Songwriters of North America and a close friend of Sobule’s, remembers the groundbreaking artist after she tragically died in a house fire. By Ethan Millman Music Editor Among the many friends of Sobule still in disbelief is ...
Jill Sobule — the ground-breaking, award-winning, singer-songwriter and fierce human rights activist — made history with her 1995 single “I Kissed a Girl” as the first openly gay-themed song ever to crack the Billboard Top 20.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland’s own Durand Bernarr won “Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist” at the 36th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Friday. In 2019, Bernarr was the runner-up on the BET reality music competition “The Next Big ...
Atia "Ink" Boggs, a songwriter for Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, and SZA, is now an artist at Big Loud Records in Nashville. Ink's experience as a "cultural chameleon" has shaped her unique musical style, allowing her to absorb and reinterpret diverse influences.
Jesse Colin Young, a singer-songwriter and leader of the '60s band the Youngbloods, has died at the age of 83. According to a press release by his publicist, Young "died in his home in Aiken, South Carolina, yesterday afternoon." During a career of ...