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In 1905, cowboy singer Tex Ritter was born in Texas. Most people remember him singing the title song for the Academy ...
The Bee Gees were seemingly heading for the has-been file for much of the early 70s. Their favored style of orchestrated pop balladry had fallen out of favor. But these guys showed enough savvy to ...
Elton John celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, which debuts on two Billboard charts thanks to a huge uptick in sales. English singer-songwriter Elton ...
BYU women’s basketball sophomore star Delany Gibb has been unanimously named to the preseason All-Big 12 team. The Alberta, Canada, product was originally the 48th-best recruit in the class of 2024 ...
Despite a career that spans more than six decades and many different genres of music, Barry Gibb is forever tied to the glittering disco era of the 1970s. Disco was defined by freedom, dancing, and ...
In the year that Frank Sinatra turned 60, three artists formed the musical high ground that shaped 1975. One could not turn on the radio, for instance, without hearing a tune by American Neil Sedaka, ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Elton John’s Diamonds hits 400 weeks on the Official Albums chart, ...
The Bee Gees made glorious harmony when they sang together. Brothers Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb started uniting their voices as early as elementary school age and went pro when they were barely ...
Reginald Kenneth Dwight was a 20-year-old session musician when he applied for a job at a London record label, and was paired up with a lyricist named Bernie Taupin in 1967. Dwight adopted the stage ...
Correspondent. "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours" Tracy Smith is an award-winning correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours," who joined CBS News in 2000. Smith has covered a ...