American Songwriter

57 Years Ago, a “Singing Bellhop” Was the First To Record This Kris Kristofferson Masterpiece (Later Immortalized by Janis Joplin)

Roger Miller was the first artist to record "Me and Bobby McGee" on May 16, 1969. His version reached No. 12 on the country ...
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133 movie sequels currently on the way

Hollywood still loves its follow-ups – here’s our round-up of 133 (and counting) sequels currently on the way. Hollywood has ...
American Songwriter

On This Day 60 Years Ago, Jim Reeves Topped the Country Charts Posthumously With a Hit First Recorded by Roy Orbison

Sixty years ago, Jim Reeves was at No. 1 in the United Kingdom with "Distant Drums" nearly two years after his death.

How Jim Reeves' 'Distant Drums' Became a Historic Posthumous Hit 60 Years Ago

Nearly 60 years later, the song remains one of the clearest examples of how powerful his voice and music continued to be, ...
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"I learned this note-for-note because it really touched me emotionally; it was so vulnerable." The eight songs that fuelled Steve Stevens' teenage rock'n'roll dreams

Steve Stevens is best known as Billy Idol’ s gifted guitarist, but there's plenty more to the New York City native than playing sidekick to rock's most famous lip curl.

Every James Bond Rock Theme Song, Ranked

From Chris Cornell, to Paul McCartney and Wings, to Garbage, this is the definitive ranking of James Bond's rock theme songs.
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Through the American centuries, 'Amazing Grace' endures

The song, penned before American Independence by a slave trader turned abolitionist, has remained a source of comfort, ...