One of the hottest musical styles of the 1960s was also one of the simplest…
Pop Culture
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Whether singing or writing, he was a musical legend.
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“Paint what you love” a friend once advised Andy Warhol – and that’s exactly what he did.
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Blonde bombshell Betty Grable wowed crowds in Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and ’50s, showing off her strong voice, skilled dancing and, of course, her million dollar legs.
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In a time when radio DJs were stars, one of the brightest was Wolfman Jack.
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When James Arness was born, his parents could hardly have guessed that someday thousands of babies would be named after him. If you know any men born between 1955 and …
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Linda McCartney died April 17, 1998, of breast cancer at 56. We remember the activist and songwriter…
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One hundred fifty years after Casey Jones’s birth, it’s easy to be confused about just what the legendary railroad engineer did.
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The success of “King Kong” made its leading ape and leading lady household names…
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Most people today associate “The Twist” with Chubby Checker, but the song was actually first recorded by Hank Ballard, born on this day in 1927…