In 1958, a Las Vegas booking agent spotted Wayne Newton (who was still in his junior year at high school at the time) and his brothers performing on a local TV show. He signed them up to perform in ...

Wilson Phillips were formed in LA in 1989 by Carnie and Wendy Wilson and Chynna Phillips. The fact that Carnie and Wendy are the daughters of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson and Chynna Phillips is the ...

Big Country is a Scottish band that was formed in 1981 and is still active to date. Their music is influenced by many different genres, most notably traditional Scottish folk, Alternative rock, new ...

If you were born in the 90s, it’s hard wrapping your head around when you first heard a song and barely had the time to research the artist. All you did was hum or nod your head to the music, hoping ...

The 4 Non Blondes were an alt-rock band from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. The original three members were a bassist named Christa Hillhouse, a guitarist named Shaunna Hall, and a drummer named ...

Mel McDaniel was a country musician whose career peaked in the 1980s. He was born in the early 1940s. As such, it shouldn’t be surprising to learn he’s one of the people who became interested in a ...

Arthur C. Clark said that magic is a science we do not understand. It is perhaps for this reason that we term whatever we cannot explain as magic. It could be falling in love in the most unexpected ...

Some bands are just iconic. They define an era and their music is impossible to forget. Tommy James and the Shondells are one of those bands. With hits like “Crimson and Clover,” “Crystal Blue ...

Ahhh, the 80s. This was a decade that was so beloved by countless numbers of people who were coming of age at the time. There was, after all, so much to love. The pop culture alone was rich and ...

Who is Exile anyway? Well, in case you haven’t heard of them before, Exile is a band that started way back in 1963 in the US and became well-known as a rock band in the 70s when their biggest hit ...

The movie Braveheart premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 18, 1995. One of the things that were noted in countless articles was the historical accuracy. One of the things that ...

Liam Payne rose to prominence through The X-Factor. He participated in the fifth series in 2008 and then in the seventh series in 2010. Famously, Nichole Scherzinger suggested that he and four other ...