The song "Oh Girl" was written by Eugene Record, the lead singer and songwriter for the American soul group The Chi-Lites, who also produced the iconic 1972 hit. Record was the sole writer for many of the group's biggest songs, including "Oh Girl," which became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Oh Girl" is a song written by Eugene Record and recorded by the American soul vocal group the Chi-Lites, with Record on vocals and also producing. It was released as a single on Brunswick Records in 1972.
Released on the Brunswick Records label, it was their first and only number-one hit. Record not only wrote and sang lead on the song, he also produced it and played guitar and drums. Fellow Chi-Lite Marshall Thompson supplied the plaintive harmonica line.
"My Girl" is a 1964 song recorded by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) record label. Written and produced by the Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, it became the Temptations' first U.S. number 1 single, and is considered their signature song.
The first song recorded was the French folk tune "Au clair de la lune," captured in 1860 by French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville using his "phonautograph," though it wasn't heard until 2008, predating Thomas Edison's phonograph by decades. Scott's invention visually etched sound waves, and scientists later converted these markings back into audible sound, revealing his voice singing the familiar tune.
While other members of the Temptations were habitual drinkers, Williams developed alcoholism, in contrast to drinking nothing stronger than milk, due to the tightly scheduled tours for most of the year.
According to Betts, the band told him (reportedly via fax) to "get clean" (from alcohol and/or drugs). He was temporarily replaced for the 2000 tour by Jimmy Herring, formerly of the Aquarium Rescue Unit. When Betts filed suit against the other three original Allmans, the separation turned into a permanent divorce.
John Lennon refused to sing lead vocals on his own song, "Good Night," a tender lullaby written for his son Julian, ultimately giving the part to Ringo Starr because he felt it wasn't his style and might be too "soft" for his public image, despite singing it beautifully during teaching sessions, as noted by Paul McCartney, and Far Out Magazine,.
Madonna's song that sounds like ABBA is "Hung Up" (2005), which famously samples the iconic synthesizer riff from ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (1979), creating a direct musical link and ABBA-esque disco-pop feel.
Stevie Nicks famously refused to sing backup harmonies on Lindsey Buckingham's biting breakup song, "Go Your Own Way," due to its cruel lyrics about her ("packing up, shacking up's all you want to do"), though she later performed it for decades. She also declined to sing on Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" title track and reportedly found Buckingham's "Come" from Say You Will too "dirty" or personally offensive, leading to her absence on vocals for those tracks.
According to Guinness World Records, Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" (1942) is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.
That year, Young scored the biggest worldwide hit of his career with "Everytime You Go Away", a cover of a song from the 1980 Hall & Oates album Voices. "Everytime You Go Away" was his biggest success in the U.S. At the 1985 Brit Awards, Young received the award for Best British Male.
Bruce Springsteen's saddest songs often explore loss, regret, broken dreams, and hardship, with popular choices including "The River," "Streets of Philadelphia," "Atlantic City," "Downbound Train," and "The Promise," alongside deeply personal tracks like "Terry's Song," "My Father's House," and "You're Missing," reflecting themes of family struggles, addiction, and the weight of the past.
John Lennon's last words to Paul McCartney, spoken during a phone call a couple of months before Lennon's murder in 1980, were reportedly, "Think about me every now and then, my old friend". These poignant words, echoing their deep bond, later resonated profoundly with Paul after Carl Perkins wrote the song "My Old Friend" using a similar phrase, bringing McCartney to tears as he recognized John's message.
These two guys met in high school and have been performing together for 40+ years now. Anthony: "We were drawn to each other by the forces of mischief and love and we became virtually inseparable.
John Lennon's last words to Paul McCartney, spoken during a phone call a couple of months before Lennon's murder in 1980, were reportedly, "Think about me every now and then, my old friend". These poignant words, echoing their deep bond, later resonated profoundly with Paul after Carl Perkins wrote the song "My Old Friend" using a similar phrase, bringing McCartney to tears as he recognized John's message.
The Beatles didn't attend Brian Epstein's funeral at his family's request to prevent a media circus, as their presence would have turned the solemn event into a chaotic spectacle of fans and press, overshadowing the family's grief. They were devastated by his death but chose to honor him privately, later attending a memorial service at the New London Synagogue where they could express their respect more appropriately.
And John Lennon's least favorite song? It's the very first song recorded for Rubber Soul and the last one featured on the album: "Run for Your Life." “I never liked 'Run for Your Life' because it was a song I just knocked off," he explained to Rolling Stone in 1970.
Cher paid her respects to her ex-husband, Gregg Allman, at his funeral on Saturday. The 71-year-old singer attended an intimate service in Allman's hometown of Macon, Georgia where she was spotted entering the chapel, dressed in black slacks, a white button-up shirt with a corset and a black hat and sunglasses.
McCartney later suggested Starr's drumming was a significant improvement over Best's: The truth was, we just kind of fell in love with Ringo's drumming.
Eric Clapton is a huge fan of the Allman Brothers Band and the late guitarist Duane Allman, with whom he played with in the classic album “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs” (1970). “The (Allman Brothers) music was unbelievable, because they were doing all that harmony playing.
Frank Sinatra, a celebrated American icon, struggled with significant alcohol and prescription drug addiction throughout his career, often behind the scenes of his public image. His early life in Hoboken, New Jersey, exposed him to a culture where alcohol was prevalent, influencing his later relationship with drinking.
Robin Williams' final on-screen scene was in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, where his character, Theodore Roosevelt, delivers the poignant line, "Smile, my boy! It's sunrise!" to Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) as a farewell, a moment that became an unintentionally bittersweet goodbye for fans due to his passing shortly after filming. While Secret of the Tomb was his last major live-action role, he also voiced the dog Dennis in Absolutely Anything, released posthumously.
It was Williams who urged Franklin to take a break from the road after discovering how ill he was. At his final shows, Franklin had a wheelchair and oxygen waiting for him backstage. Soon after his sabbatical from the road began, he fell into a coma and eventually died of a brain seizure.