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The Allen Sisters: The Songwriters Behind Some of Hall & Oates’ Greatest Hits
This article from American Songwriter highlights the often-overlooked contribution of sisters Sara and Janna Allen to the songwriting behind several of Hall & Oates’ biggest hits. While Daryl Hall and John Oates are widely celebrated for their run of chart-topping singles from the 1970s to the mid-1980s — with Hall once likening the duo to…
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61 Years Ago Today, the Beach Boys Released the Song That Would Inspire Generations of Tunes About the Golden State
MAY 12: Rock and roll band “The Beach Boys” performs onstage in the movie “The Girls On The Beach on May 12, 1965. (L-R) Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Brian Wilson. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) The Beach Boys released one of their best-selling songs of all time, “California Girls”, on…
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10 Greatest K-Pop Albums of All Time, Ranked
Collider has published a ranked list of what it considers the ten greatest K-pop albums of all time, framing the genre not as a recent phenomenon but as the product of decades of evolution. The piece argues that today’s global success — driven by acts such as BTS, BLACKPINK and newer group KATSEYE — rests…
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The 2026 song Rick Rubin knew had always existed: “Feels like it’s in the air”
Melodies falling out of the sky. The post The 2026 song Rick Rubin knew had always existed: “Feels like it’s in the air” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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4 Rock Songs That Define the Classic Sound of the Late 1970s
Joe Strummer (1952 – 2002, left) and Paul Simonon performing with British punk group The Clash at the Coliseum, Harlesden, London, 11th March 1977. (Photo by Julian Yewdall/Getty Images) The late 1970s was an interesting time for popular music. These are four rock songs that define the classic sound of the late 1970s. The post…
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Watch the moment Pulp play ‘Common People’ at Mad Cool 2026 as England fans celebrate win against Norway
“But we don’t care about football because we’d rather play a concert for you people.” The post Watch the moment Pulp play ‘Common People’ at Mad Cool 2026 as England fans celebrate win against Norway appeared first on NME.
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10 Most Surprising One-Hit Wonders of All Time
Major music acts like Weezer, The White Stripes, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience surprisingly, technically fit the definition of a one-hit wonder.
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4 One-Hit Rock Wonders From 1975 That 70s Kids Still Can’t Get Out of Their Heads
This American Songwriter opinion piece looks back at four rock acts that scored a single major US hit in 1975, arguing that each deserved more chart success than they achieved. The author’s affection for these songs is the through-line: while the bands are remembered as one-hit wonders, the writer contends several of their follow-up singles…
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5 Songs That Inspired Some of the Biggest Rock Stars of All Time
This American Songwriter feature explores the songs that first inspired five of rock’s most influential figures, arguing that behind every pioneering musician is an earlier track that “lit the fire” in them. It matters as a piece of music history that traces the creative lineage connecting several generations of artists, showing how a single formative…
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‘Dance With Me’ is the greatest melodica song of the 1970s
This piece from Far Out Magazine sets out to argue that “Dance With Me” ranks as the finest song of the 1970s to feature the melodica, a small keyboard wind instrument. The framing positions it as a music-appreciation article celebrating a particular track and the distinctive sound of the melodica within that decade’s output. Beyond…