The 1945 song Jeff Lynne thought he would never make “in a million years”
Going outside his comfort zone.
pop music
The 1920s songwriters Linda Ronstadt said invented pop music: “Good records”
Setting the gold standard.
The 1966 song Brian Wilson called his greatest vocals: “My favourite”
The crown jewel of vocal performance.
How Martha Wash changed music forever: “Her talent made her noteworthy, her lawsuits made her famous”
Unhappy and unprecedented.
How Whitney Houston somehow turned the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ into a hit single at the Super Bowl
Her rendition of the US national anthem went gold in 1991 and platinum in 2001.
Pachelbel’s Canon: How a classical composition forgotten for centuries became “the godfather of pop”
“…we’ve all used that in our own ways for the past 30 years.”