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Fred (George Peppard) hears Holly (Audrey Hepburn) singing on the fire escape below his apartment and goes out to listen.

The addictive track would become Williams’ first hit soon after it was released in June 1947.There are a lot of moments packed into Hank Williams’ too-brief career when the singer and songwriter would change country music forever. But the first, the one that divides the genre (and American music history) into its pre- and post-Hank eras, took place on April 21, 1947, when Williams recorded “Move It On Over,” his debut single for MGM. The addictive track, which seamlessly blended a velvety Western swing with the visceral Deep South blues that formed Williams’ musical backbone, would become Williams’ first hit...

‘Spotlight’ features guitar from Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.A new single from Johnny Cash’s forthcoming posthumous album Songwriter is out now. “Spotlight,” the second track from the new record due out June 28 via Mercury Nashville/UMe, features guitar from The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach. Songwriter, which features exclusively material written by Cash himself, has been more than 30 years in the making. The first single from the album, “Well Alright,” came out in late April. Cash’s vocals for “Spotlight” were first recorded in 1993 at Nashville’s LSI Studios, around a decade before his death. His son John Carter Cash...

Broadway has had great success with “Hello, Dolly.” Now get ready for “Hello, I'm Dolly.” Dolly Parton is writing new songs to go along with some of her past hits and co-writing a stage story inspired by her life for a stage musical that she hopes to land on Broadway in 2026. "I’ve written many original songs for the show and included all your favorites in it as well. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll clap, you’ll stomp, it truly is a Grand Ol’ Opera. Pun and fun intended,” she said in a statement. Parton will team up with Maria S....

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Diane Keaton's surprising journey to starring in the iconic The Godfather trilogy.-Diane Keaton landed her first major role in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy. -However, the actress has shared that she never expected to land the part, as she had no knowledge about The Godfather. -She was surprised when she got the call back about the role, as she did not expect to land a dramatic part. Featured Video Diane Keaton, a celebrated Hollywood actress known for her remarkable talent and extensive career in the industry, has graced the screen in several hits such as Sleeper and Annie Hall....

David Lee Roth fans should be used to the former Van Halen frontman throwing them curveballs, so perhaps they won’t be too surprised by the latest song he’s premiered on his social media pages. Diamond Dave has debuted his own version of power-pop band Tommy Tutone’s 1981 hit “867-5309/Jenny.” Roth has recorded a faithful cover of the song, which was a No. 4 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for Tommy Tutone. Roth posted his cover under the name “Jenny Jenny (That telephone song).” The tune is accompanied by a video featuring two Styrofoam mannequin heads. One of the mannequin...

Let’s be clear from the beginning: Melvin Van Peebles is not a traditional singer. And Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, released in June 1971, two months after the film, is very much a soundtrack album, not a straightforward Stax collection of soulful songs. Kicking off with a bizarre mixture of gospel and sex on “Sweetback Loses His Cherry” (including a snip of “Wade In The Water,” which EWF’s leader, Maurice White, would have played night after night as a drummer with Ramsey Lewis), it rapidly becomes apparent that Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song is almost an audio drama with funk. “Come On...

Steve Miller has praised Eminem for his sampling of the Steve Miller Band's 1982 hit "Abracadabra" in the rapper's new single, "Houdini." "Hey EM," Miller wrote in an Instagram post, "there is a long chain of stories, poetry, lyrics and musical roots that have crossed cultures and generations inspiring the whole world for hundreds of years and in all those lines of thought, music and rhythm there are special artists who take it all in and create new original ideas from their own feelings and experiences. You are one of those timeless originators building something new on a long musical...

The album will be massively expanded in a deluxe box set, marking 40 years since its release.The Police – Sting, Andy Summers, and Stuart Copeland – became one of the greatest and most successful bands to emerge from the frenetic 1980s, off its deeply danceable sound, buoyed by Sting’s deeply heartfelt and literary instincts. The Police were at their peak when the trio hit the studio to record Synchronicity, having arrived to the new decade with the massive 1979 hit “Message in a Bottle” under its belt, then continuing through the early years of the decade with three follow-up No....

Madonna is accused of subjecting audience members to 'pornography without warning' during her concert. Madonna has been hit with another lawsuit just after wrapping her Celebration Tour earlier this month. Concertgoer Justen Lipeles is suing the 65-year-old singer, along with Live Nation and four California concert venues, according to court documents filed Wednesday in Los Angeles and obtained by ET. Lipeles is alleging that Madonna subjected audiences to "pornography without warning," such as "topless women on stage simulating sex acts" in an uncomfortable, sweltering environment. He also claims that she demanded the air conditioning be turned off and he became...

Adele scolded a fan who interrupted her concert with alleged hate speech during her Las Vegas residency show on Saturday. The Grammy-award-winning star laced into an audience member who seemed to shout out “Pride sucks!” in the middle of her performance. Saturday was the kick-off of pride month and the famous singer made it clear she wouldn’t be tolerating any such outbursts at her events. She sat at her piano bench as she berated the fan. “Excuse me! Did you come to my f****** show and just say that ‘Pride sucks?'” Adele said. “Are you f****** stupid?” Adele went on...

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I hadn't intended to write about war songs this week. But I was struck by some of the responses to yesterday's D-Day special, and, as always, impressed by the resilience of the accompanying music. It's eighty years since June 6th 1944, four score and six since the first troops shipped out, and yet that sound remains unmistakeable. For those who were there, a few bars of "White Cliffs of Dover" will always mean a crowded railway platform in East Anglia as the troop train pulls out, and a snatch of "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner" will always evoke the...

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It’s no surprise that Kiss has some of the best songs in rock and roll. These songs embody the spirit of Kiss, providing listeners with an intense experience that leaves them wanting more. So kick back, crank up the volume, and get ready to experience some of the best music from one of rock’s most iconic acts. With a healthy mix of ballads, hard rock anthems and everything in between, these 13 Kiss songs showcase why they’re one of the greatest bands of all time. Enjoy our list of the best Kiss songs! 1. “War Machine”

It was only in 2018 when hip-hop surpassed rock 'n' roll to become the most popular music genre in the U.S., but its glory was short-lived. In 2023—the year when hip-hop celebrated its 50th birthday— the music genre that gave a voice to millions seemed to be losing its appeal. While 2023 was marked with historic performances by hip-hop royalty at major events, the newer generation struggled to make a dent on the charts. **SNIP** Or as musicologist and historian Zachary Diaz told Newsweek, there has been a "musical gentrification" of hip-hop which has seen corporations and big music labels...

John Coltrane’s sessions for the Prestige label proved to be supremely fertile and prolific, marking the saxophonist’s creative rebirth.It’s 1958 and John Coltrane is looking to rebuild his career. The reputation of the Philadelphia-raised musician, then 32, had seemed in serious jeopardy a year earlier, after his heroin addiction got him fired from Miles Davis’ group. As a rising star of the tenor saxophone – the man who had lit up a clutch of Davis albums recorded for both Prestige and Columbia during 1955-56 – the high-flying Coltrane seemed an indispensable component of the trumpeter’s band, but the shock of...

1. “Rose’s Turn” from Gypsy (1959) Throughout Gypsy, Mama Rose has pushed her children to be stars, even if it meant pushing them away from her. But in the show’s shattering climactic number, she finally takes center stage herself, if only in her mind. Built from fragments of prior songs in Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim’s classic score, this musical nervous breakdown—created by Sondheim and director Jerome Robbins in an inspired three-hour improvisation—takes Rose apart and reassembles the pieces into a sad and scary portrait of thwarted drive; the strenuous optimism of “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” her first-act finale, twists...

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