One-hit wonders happen in every genre, but they’re particularly prevalent in pop music. That’s not a new thing, either. Even back in the 1970s, pop one-hit wonders were in abundance. Let’s take a look ...
Sylvester Stewart – AKA Sly Stone – died this week, and tributes began pouring in from every corner of the musical universe. It was well-deserved. Sly towered over pop music in the late 1960s and ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. The dazzling ...
Can you name these ’70s pop hits from a single line? The 1970s represented a vibrant and extraordinarily diverse era for popular music, producing an incredible range of sounds that reflected the ...
The session musicians who helped create the soundtrack of 1970s pop step into the spotlight in the director Denny Tedesco’s documentary. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...
“Which Way You Goin’ Billy?” by The Poppy Family was released in the US in March 1970. And it’s a sunshine pop gift that just keeps on giving. The tune was written by underrated songwriter Terry Jacks ...
This article contains spoilers for Poker Face in its discussion of how it engages with 1970s nostalgia. Poker Face wrapped up its phenomenal first season last week, a compelling love letter to 1970s ...
OLEARCHIK IS, of course, best known as a member of Israel’s seminal 1970s pop band Kaveret, but he accrued varied experience before the group emerged, and spread his wings into several other sectors ...