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2024年4月9日 · Her incredible talent and unique style made Amy Winehouse an immediate music icon. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic). Picture: Getty In an age where there was little (if any) media sympathy for celebrities struggling in the limelight, …

2024年6月12日 · The Bee Gees' Sir Barry Gibb is one of the world's best-loved and most respected musicians and singer-songwriters of all time. From his decades of success as a writer for artists such as Barbra Streisand and Dolly Parton, to his years of performing and producing hit records with brothers Robin and Maurice in the Bee Gees, Sir Barry Gibb is a …

2021年3月24日 · This was Ed Sheeran's first proper single in 2011, and was the first many people had found his music. The folk ballad refers to a prostitute addicted to drugs, and was written after Ed visited a homeless shelter and heard some of the stories about the people there.

2024年12月18日 · Commenting on the new music news, a source told The Sun: “Stuart is credited with helping Madonna return to form with their Confessions album, so for her to start working again with him is hugely exciting. “That record was incredible and Madonna is excited about what they can come up with. It has been five years since she released [her most recent album] Madame X, which was a concept album ...

2024年2月16日 · Dionne Warwick actually first performed, but never recorded, this song in 1983 on a TV special as a tribute to many performers who had died, including Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Sam Cooke, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding and Karen Carpenter.Later the same day, Jackson called writer co-writer Buz Kohan explaining …

2025年1月8日 · Elvis Presley is the undisputed King of Rock and Roll, whose music continues to thrill millions around the world. There's not many artists who recorded more songs and albums than Elvis Presley during his 23 years of making music.

2023年11月3日 · Sir Ringo Starr is one of the world's most famous musicians thanks to his time as a drummer with The Beatles in the 1960s. Since then, Ringo has released 20 solo albums and remains as busy as ever after turning 80 in 2020.

2024年7月2日 · Even before the 'Dance With My Father' star entered the charts as an artist in his own right, his voice could be heard in countless records. After being discovered by and recruited as a backing singer by David Bowie on his 1975 album Young Americans, Luther went on to sing with Chaka Khan, Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, …

2024年9月16日 · Hearing Michael Jackson alongside The Rolling Stones' legendary frontman Mick Jagger mustn't have been on anyone's bingo cards in 1984. But it happened. 'State Of Shock' was in fact in highest charting single The Jacksons had in the US after Michael had become the world's biggest pop star with his solo releases Off The Wall and Thriller.. Before recording it with Jagger, the original version ...