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Guns N’ Roses guitarist, Slash, joined actor Ryan Gosling for a version of “I’m Just Ken” from the film “Barbie” at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood (on 3/10). Gosling played ‘Ken’ in the film.
But despite a killer performance, the Original Song Oscar went to Billie Eilish for “What Was I Made For,” also from “Barbie.”
Doro Pesch and Judas Priest singer Rob Halford have released a version of the 1983 hit “Total Eclipse Of The Heart.” Written by Jim Steinman (who is primarily remembered for his work with Meat Loaf) the song was originally performed by Bonnie Tyler who took the song to #1 in the U.S. and Canada. “When you hear it, you can…
The Irish band formed in Dublin and has released fifteen studio albums to date. The first was “Boy” in ’80 and the most recent was “Songs Of Surrender in ’23. According to Pollstar, U2 were the second highest grossing musical act (behind the Rolling Stones) from ’80 to ’22, earning $2.127 billion in revenue from 26.178 million tickets…
Queensryche have released “Nocturnal Light,” the eighth video taken from the band’s latest album, “Digital Noise Alliance.” The video was enhanced through the use of AI. “This is a song spawned from the truly catastrophic year of 2020,” the band stated. Beginning with a relentless global pandemic with lockdowns… we had to endure natural disasters, racial injustices,…
“House Of The Rising Sun” is a traditional Folk song that was first recorded in the ‘30’s and later covered by Pete Seger, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, among others, in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s. That was before The Animals, a British Blues band, took it to #1 in the U.S., U.K. and…
Metallica have garnered over 11.5 billion streams on Spotify, and they average more than 5.8 million streams per day. The top songs are: 3. Master Of Puppets – over 750 million total streams 2. Nothing Else Matters – over 1 billion streams 1. Enter Sandman – over 1.2 billion streams Both “Enter Sandman” and “Nothing…
Hootie & The Blowfish’s “Cracked Rear View,” released in ’94, was the #3 best-selling debut album of all time, behind Whitney Houston’s self-titled effort and Meatloaf’s “Bat Out Of Hell.” Second and third albums, “Fairweather Johnson” (pictured) and “Musical Chairs,” while not reaching their debut’s rarified heights, still did exceptionally well. Like “Cracked Rear…