The 10 Best Simple Minds Songs - Stereogum
WebFeb 2, 2018 · 9. “I Travel” (from Empires And Dance, 1980) In a sense, “I Travel” is related to “Theme For Great Cities.”. Kicking off their third album, it was a song written with the frantic ...
The 10 Best Genesis Songs - Stereogum
WebSep 17, 2021 · The 10 Best Genesis Songs. 10 Best Songs September 17, 2021 12:22 PM By Jeff Yerger. Abacab, the 11th studio album by UK prog/pop legends Genesis, turns 40 tomorrow. Nursery Cryme, the band’s ...
The Number Ones: Prince & The Revolution’s “Let’s Go Crazy”
WebSep 4, 2020 · In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.. When ...
The Number Ones: The Shirelles’ “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”
WebMar 16, 2018 · The Shirelles’ “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” — a song about the fear that love will turn out to be fleeting as soon as sex enters the equation — dealt with it in a way that was commendably ...
The Number Ones: The Staple Singers’ “I’ll Take You There”
WebFeb 27, 2019 · Al Bell, the vice president and co-owner of Stax, signed the Staple Singers, and he’s also the sole credited writer of “I’ll Take You There,” the Staple Singers’ first #1 hit. Bell tells ...
The Number Ones: The Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” - Stereogum
WebDec 13, 2018 · The tape of the Jacksons auditioning for Motown in 1968 is a thing of strange, rough beauty — a tiny Michael, captured on murky Bigfoot-grain film, pulling off absurd James Brown whoops and ...
The Number Ones: Cheap Trick’s “The Flame” - Stereogum
WebMay 14, 2021 · By the time “The Flame” reached #1, Rick Nielsen was pushing 40. The other members of his band were younger, but they weren’t much younger. Cheap Trick had helped invent a form of trashy ...
The Number Ones: Toni Braxton’s “Un-Break My Heart” - Stereogum
WebApr 27, 2022 · Diane Warren wrote “Un-Break My Heart.”. David Foster produced the song. Earlier in 1996, the team of Warren and Foster had made Céline Dion’s “ Because You Love Me ,” another #1 hit ...
The Number Ones: Montell Jordan’s “This Is How We Do It”
WebMar 21, 2022 · On Harrell’s advice, Simmons signed Jordan. Signing Montell Jordan couldn’t have been that difficult of a decision. Jordan was a smooth, good-looking singer with a nasal tenor that recalled ...
The Number Ones: Kim Carnes’ “Bette Davis Eyes” - Stereogum
WebMay 6, 2020 · THE NUMBER TWOS: Smokey Robinson liked Kim Carnes’ cover of his song “More Love” so much that he wrote a song specifically for her. Robinson’s people convinced him to release the song ...
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