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Paul Weller once named the songs that are the most important to him, from Little Richard to Noel Gallagher. Read more about them here.
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Once called “the greatest of all soul duos,” he and late musical partner Dave Prater were inducted into the Rock and Roll ...
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Turns out, there are more than a handful of "sad" holiday songs written about the not-so ... starting with the late Merle Haggard, whose 1973 hit "If We Make It Through December" is a deceptively ...
The show was a hit and a novelty because ... was playing Indian music (probably songs from Teesri Manzil, Love in Tokyo which were the hits of 1966), but at a sign from the bride's sister they ...
The greatest songs about debate, protest, struggle and fighting the power: from John Lennon to The Doors, The Clash to Peter Gabriel.