Content tagged '80s'

The Cars' debut performance was a 1976 New Year's Eve gig at a New Hampshire Air Force base. This version of “My Best Friend's Girl” from a couple years later shows what the band's live shows looked like before they graduated to much bigger venues...

Noel Paul Stookey – the “Paul” of Peter, Paul and Mary – celebrates a birthday today! He wrote “The Wedding Song,” which PP&M played at their 25th anniversary concert:

Foreigner's Mick Jones celebrates a birthday today! Here's a recent performance from the Grammy Museum of the band's hit “Waiting For A Girl Like You”:

On this day in 1976, “God Save The Queen” by The Sex Pistols was recorded at the Wessex Studios in London, England.

Lars Ulrich celebrates his birthday today! You'll see plenty of the Metallica drummer in this live performance of “For Whom The Bell Tolls.”

Merry Christmas and happy birthday to Shane McGowan! We hope the holiday doesn't find you in the drunk tank like The Pogues' singer in this “Fairytale Of New York” video...

On this day in 1989, Phil Collins' "Another Day In Paradise" started a 4-week run at #1 on the US singles chart, making it his 7th US solo #1.

Today we are remembering Bobby Darin, singer and songwriter of music genres including pop, rock, jazz, swing, folk, and country. Singles like "Dream Lover" and "Mack the Knife" brought him world fame.

On this day in 1969, Peter Paul and Mary scored their only #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Leaving On A Jet Plane." And it's no surprise that United Airlines would go on to use the track in their television campaigns in the late 1970s.

Alvin Lee, lead singer and guitarist from the English blue-rock band Ten Years After, celebrates his birthday today! Here he is "Changing The World" through his music.