Loretta Lynn – Fist City
Introduction In the late 1960s, country music was navigating a delicate crossroads between the polished...
Billy Fury – ONCE UPON A DREAM
Introduction There is a unique kind of magic tethered to the sounds of the early...
Barry Manilow – Brooklyn Blues
Introduction Let’s talk about Barry Manilow. For many listeners, his name instantly recalls the sweeping,...
Barry Manilow – It Never Rains In Southern California
Introduction There is a unique kind of melancholy that belongs exclusively to the dreamers who...
Cliff Richard – A Little In Love
Introduction There is a distinct kind of magic that belongs exclusively to the turn of...
Loretta Lynn – Coal Miner’s Daughter
Introduction The air in eastern Kentucky during the mid-twentieth century carried the heavy scent of...
The Thin Blue Line at St. John’s Wood: Inside the Billy Fury Funeral Anxiety
INTRODUCTION On February 4, 1983, the affluent, quiet streets of St. John’s Wood, London, became...
How Barry Manilow’s ‘This One’s for You’ Offered Spiritual Redemption for His Late Mother
INTRODUCTION In the autumn of 1976, inside a bustling New York recording studio, a soaring...
The Secret History Behind Barry Manilow’s Total Erasure Of His Original Pincus Surname
INTRODUCTION On 06/17/1943, a child named Barry Alan Pincus was born in Brooklyn, New York,...
Sir Cliff Richard Navigates the Quiet Grief of Losing His Greatest Musical Contemporaries
INTRODUCTION Inside the quiet sanctuary of his dedicated dressing room before a sold-out performance, a...