Tammy Wynette – I Don’t Wanna Play House
Introduction The mid-twentieth century was a transformative epoch for country music, a period when the...
How Conway Twitty Shielded Loretta Lynn From Predatory Media Scrutiny
INTRODUCTION In the mid-1970s, under the glare of flashbulbs at a high-stakes Nashville press conference,...
Dismantling the Manufactured Myth of Billy Fury’s Alleged Forced Cosmetic Surgery
INTRODUCTION On the morning of 11/12/2005, a retrospective publication by Billboard re-examined the mid-century star-making...
Dismantling the Cynical Tabloid Myth Surrounding Barry Manilow’s Historic 2017 Public Coming Out
INTRODUCTION On the morning of 04/05/2017, at precisely 10:00 AM ET, People magazine published an...
The Legal Fortress: How Non-Disclosure Agreements Shielded Barry Manilow’s Multi-Million Dollar Private Empire
INTRODUCTION On the morning of 04/05/2017, at precisely 10:00 AM ET, the publication of a...
Inside the Professional Alliance and Enduring Partnership of Barry Manilow and Garry Kief
INTRODUCTION On the evening of 04/12/2017, at precisely 08:00 PM ET, the backstage corridors of...
Alan Jackson – Remember When
Introduction Time has a peculiar way of moving. When we are young, it crawls like...
Conway Twitty – You’ve Never Been This Far Before
Introduction There is a distinct, almost tangible atmosphere that settles over a room when the...
The Mask of Masculinity: Why Billy Fury Braved Liverpool’s Toughest Street Gangs
INTRODUCTION On the damp evening of 10/01/1956, at precisely 07:00 PM ET, a shivering sixteen-year-old...
The Myth of the Post-2017 Barry Manilow Radio Boycott Unmasked
INTRODUCTION On the morning of 04/05/2017, at precisely 10:00 AM ET, the landscape of American...