How Clive Davis Orchestrated The Creative Concession That Made Barry Manilow An Icon
INTRODUCTION In the crisp autumn of 1974, an ambitious former commercial jingle writer stepped into...
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How Barry Manilow’s Beloved Dachshund Bagel Inspired a Platinum Era of Pop Iconography
INTRODUCTION In the hyper-glamorous world of mid-1970s American pop music, few figures commanded the charts...
Billy Fury – It’s Only Make Believe
Introduction There is a unique type of magic that belongs entirely to the late 1950s...
Barry Manilow – Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You
Introduction Music has a peculiar way of acting as a time machine, anchoring us to...
ABBA – The Winner Takes It All
Introduction There is a particular kind of magic that only happens when real-life tragedy bleeds...
The Sacred Clash: How Loretta Lynn’s ‘The Pill’ Defied Church Opposition to Liberate Country Music
INTRODUCTION On the frosty morning of 01/20/1975, as temperatures plummeted to a bitter 30 degrees...
How A Shared Sonic Architect Connected Billy Fury and Shakin’ Stevens In Pop History
INTRODUCTION In the twilight of the twentieth century, the British music industry buzzed with speculation...
How Clive Davis and Barry Manilow Engineered the Commercial Architecture of Even Now
INTRODUCTION In February 1978, the temperature outside A&M Studios in Hollywood, California, lingered at a...
The Resilient Sovereignty of Agnetha Fältskog Behind Pop History’s Most Amicable Divorce
INTRODUCTION On the morning of 07/09/1980, as the intense summer heat reached 85 degrees Fahrenheit...
Inside Cliff Richard’s Elegant Confession of His Unfulfilled Love for Olivia Newton-John
INTRODUCTION In his definitive memoir The Dreamer, British pop institution Sir Cliff Richard unveiled a...