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What Happened to Cinderella? The Band Behind 'Nobody’s Fool' and 3 Big Records Explained
From KISS to Bon Jovi, Today's blues-rock outfit Cinderella caught the attention of some of the industry’s biggest icons before they were signed. And…
2 years, 2 months ago
Suzanne Vega on 'Tom’s Diner': From Breakfast Inspiration to the Birth of the MP3 Format
Coming up. Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega was a 1987 album track that wasn’t even released as a single in America. Then years later the song would make …
2 years, 2 months ago
The Strange Inspiration Behind 'She’s a Beauty': Fee Waybill’s Wild Story
In the prime of his life, Fee Waybill of the Tubes, one of rock’s wildest frontmen was lured into a seedy parlor in the underbelly of San Francisco’s…
2 years, 2 months ago
How 'Danger Zone' Went From Desperation to Kenny Loggins’ Career-Defining Hit
We have a killer show today. Celebrating Top Gun, one of the biggest soundtracks of the 80s with half a dozen of the artists who made this record one…
2 years, 2 months ago
How Barry Gibb Went Undercover to Write 'Islands in the Stream' and Gave the Bee Gees a Comeback
Coming up, they were the hottest group in music. The Bee Gees were coming off a decade where they had 14 top 10 hits and 9 #1 songs. And then pretty …
2 years, 3 months ago
The Story Behind Golden Earring’s 'Radar Love': A Tragic Tale and the Ultimate Driving Anthem
Here’s one for ya. Golden Earring was a band that had 47 hits in their homeland but struggled to break through in America… They finally did in 1973 w…
2 years, 3 months ago
Revisiting July 1967’s Top 10 Chart: Beatles, Stones, and the Summer of Love’s Greatest Hits
Up next we’re going to go go behind the top 10 songs of this VERY same week from the year 1967 a mere few months before the summer of love.. This to…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Police’s 'Every Breath You Take': The Dark Story Behind the Most Played Song in History
Wow! Where Do I even start with this one? The Police's Blockbuster record Synchronicity DEFINED IT’S TIME AS MUCH AS any album could with 4 huge hit…
2 years, 3 months ago
How AC/DC’s 'Big Balls' Went From Album Filler to a Laugh-Out-Loud Classic
Coming up, the story behind Ac/DC's Big Balls, a song with a dual meaning that makes the puritans blush, and even the most uptight fuddy daddy truly …
2 years, 3 months ago
The Story Behind Journey’s Comeback: A 10-Year Hiatus, Steve Perry, and a #1 Hit
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2 years, 3 months ago