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Throughout the decades, superstar female performers have created iconic music and fought hard to carve out their niche in the male-dominated music scene. Further, many have used their music to...
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The history of recorded music begins with a fragment of the French folk song “Au Clair de la Lune,” captured by an instrument called a Phonautograph in Paris in 1860. Unfortunately, no playback...
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From the 1950s through the late ‘60s, pop music was synonymous with rock ‘n’ roll. After Billboard began listing the 200 top-selling albums in 1967, rock bands like The Beatles and Led Zeppelin...
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Sometimes actors take on roles that involve singing. For some of them, playing a musician on the big screen is about more than just playing a part. For these actors, it comes quite naturally because...
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Is rock and roll dead? Maybe…or perhaps it has evolved into something altogether incomparable to what it was in the 1960s. If popular albums can represent the voice of a generation, then taking a...
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What makes a rock star? Selling out stadiums and destroying hotel rooms in a drug-fueled craze? Shredding guitar solos and a strong disdain for authority? Many of the bands here fit the archetype,...
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According to 24/7 Tempo, the top-selling pop album of all time was released in 1982 and features artist Michael Jackson.
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“He Died Before He Got Old.” That was the headline in the Village Voice announcing the drug-related demise, at the age of 32, of Keith Moon, the original drummer with The Who. The headline, of...
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To help you connect with your musical cohort, however belatedly — and also as an illustration of how much our national musical tastes have changed over the decades — 24/7 Tempo has assembled a...
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Though some recording artists released online concerts to appease fans during the pandemic, dozens of festivals and hundreds of tour dates were cancelled or postponed in 2020 and earlier this year....
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From the 1950s through the late ‘60s, pop music was synonymous with rock ‘n’ roll. After Billboard began listing the 200 top-selling albums in 1967, rock bands like The Beatles and Led Zeppelin...
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When great artists collaborate to make music the results can be amazing, especially when the artists come from different genres, and such collaborations are becoming more popular than ever. (These...
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A 24/7 Tempo analysis crowns “Coal Miner’s Daughter” as the best movie for country music fans.
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Country music is famous as a medium for sharing stories. Perhaps it’s for this reason that the genre itself has inspired numerous great movies over the years. While fewer films cater directly to...
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