Before They Climbed The Charts, These Hit Songs Were Commercial Jingles
Cinema has long been associated with hit music, but who's heard of a single climbing the charts from a commercial? Turns out, it's more common than you think.
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5 Nearly Perfect '80s Songs That Almost Everyone Agrees On
The diverse, experimental, and energetic music scene of the 1980s gave the radio repertoire some of its most crowd-pleasing bangers.
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5 Carly Simon Songs That Prove 1972 Was The Best Year Of Her Career
Though Carly Simon's long and illustrious career has had many high points, many fans consider 1972 to be the year that she hit her creative peak.
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'70s High School Hits Written By Rockers Who Never Graduated
From Rush to AC/DC, these were the hits that teens were playing in the '70s, yet their creators never attended their own high school graduation party.
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5 Songs That Prove 1984 Was The Decade's Best Year For Noise Rock
Noise rock was never mainstream, but for fans of that experimental music, songs like "Cop," and "Lady Sniff" make 1984 the decade's best year for the subgenre.
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The Weirdest Classic Rock Songs Ever Used In TV Commercials
Some classic rock songs have appeared in commercials so far removed from their artistic rebel roots that the team-up leaves you dazed and confused.
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5 Songs That Prove 1976 Belonged To Musicians Over 40
Artists over 40 had a great year in 1976, with guys like Lou Rawls, Glen Campbell, and Frankie Valli releasing songs that were huge Billboard successes.
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Legendary Groups That Started As Somebody Else's Backup Band
Everyone has to start somewhere, and even legendary groups like the Beatles and Toto got their first shot at stardom playing in another artist's shadow.
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5 Disco Songs That Transport Boomers Right Back To Their First Dance Club Moment
These songs, including Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and Van McCoy's "The Hustle," were the soundtrack to many boomers' first ventures into the dance club.
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5 Backup Singers Who Actually Carried These Classic No. 1 Hits
Some very famous back up singers were featured on songs like "Somebody's Watching Me" and "Money For Nothing," and their contributions carried the songs.
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Forget The Charts — Critics Say These Were The 5 Most Successful Solo Careers Of The '70s
Artists like John Prine and Joni Mitchell might not have had the most commercially successful output of the 1970s, but critics are still singing their praises.
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The Career Of Animals Frontman Eric Burdon Is As Old School Rock 'N' Roll As It Gets
Eric Burdon's music career took him from dingy jazz clubs to the vanguard of psychedelic rock in the late '60s to the groundbreaking funk rock of the '70s.
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The Most Eye-Watering Sums Musicians Have Ever Been Paid For Their Catalogs
Several wealthy music rights agencies have snapped up the potentially income-generating catalogs for a number of rock and pop stars.
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Rock Stars That Sabotaged Other Artists' Big Breaks
If you've ever heard of AC/DC, Van Halen, Prince, or the Runaways, it's despite the best efforts of Deep Purple, Journey, Rick James, and Rush, respectively.
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5 Rock Songs That Will Transport Boomers Right Back To Their High School Graduations
Boomers can take a trip down memory lane by listening to songs of the '60s and '70s. These rock anthems will make them nostalgic for high school graduation.
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5 Songs From 1984 That Prove It Was The Decade's Best Year For Punk
After the first wave of punk crested in 1977, this vein of underground rock consolidated into something faster, leaner, louder, and meaner.
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'70s High School Hits With Supremely Singable Lyrics
One thing all genres and song formats can do is make you want to sing along, and high schoolers loved to sing these songs in the '70s.
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Music Icons Whose Best-Known Songs Are Actually Covers
From Aretha Franklin to Elvis Presley, these musical titans all have a signature song associated with them, but they weren't the first to write and perform it.
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5 Songs That Take Boomers Back To Their Wildest Nights
Boomers came of age in the '60s and '70s, so songs by bands like AC/DC, the Bee Gees, and Kiss likely still remind them of some wild nights they had.
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5 Bee Gees Songs That Prove 1978 Was The Best Year Of Their Career
When disco dominated club dancefloors after the release of "Saturday Night Fever," these now-legendary songs propelled the Bee Gees to a career high in 1978.
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Bands Who Lost Members To Mega-Successful Careers Outside Music
These bands saw members depart to become successful in fields such as particle physics, precision watchmaking, television animation, and transportation.
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5 Covers Of '90s Shoegaze Songs As Dreamy As The Originals
If you're a fan of '90s shoegaze, you'll appreciate these dreamy covers by the High Violets, Japancakes, Beetleflux, Tearjerker, and Casper Iskov.
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5 Alternative Rock Songs That Snapped The Gen X Generation Awake
With acts like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Alanis Morissette leading the charge, these alt-rock songs were a wake-up call for Generation X.
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5 Generation-Defining Guitarists Hardly Anyone Talks About Anymore
There are guitarists who made a massive musical impact on their respective generations, revered by fellow ax wielders but rarely remembered by music fans.
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Hands Down You're A True Cat Stevens Fan If You Know These 5 Deep Cuts
Think you're a diehard Cat Stevens fan? We've combed the singer-songwriter's catalog for five lesser-known tracks that only his most loyal listeners will know.
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Bands That Lost Their Horn Players To Mega-Successful Artists
Only so many musicians who specialize in a horn have ever traversed the mostly electric and percussive world of rock music, making them a rare commodity.
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The 5 Best Bass Riffs In Classic Rock
A bass riff can make a song, and in the case of these five tracks by The Who, Queen, Pink Floyd, Yes, and Lou Reed, the bass playing truly defines the songs.
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