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Performers. Bruce Springsteen became a voice of underdogs and the working-class, thanks to his unsparing observations about what life was really like for those with no access to a silver spoon. As a songwriter, however, he was also deeply romantic and sentimental. In long-time collaborators the E Street Band, he found kindred spirits who shared ...
HALL OF FAME ESSAY. By Parke Puterbaugh. The story of Heart would make a terrific film. Like many hugely successful rock groups, theirs is a classic tale of talent, struggle, perseverance, adversity, and triumph. The twist that makes Heart’s biography unique is the fact that this band is fronted by a pair of beautiful, determined sisters.
But occasionally fate brings together two highly talented men who create and build a record company with the same love and dedication that goes into the best songs. A&M Records, the brainchild of Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, remains one of the greatest labels launched in the 1960s, a decade when thousands of independents were born in America.
HALL OF FAME ESSAY. ‘Don’t call it a comeback, I been here for years.”. That opening line from the title track of LL Cool J’s fourth album, Mama Said Knock You Out, was more than just braggadocio or studio posturing. Those ten words were an instantly iconic and electrifying “I told you so” aimed at sometimey fans and an industry ...
HALL OF FAME ESSAY. The word pioneers is regularly used to describe the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and with good reason: The band—which today consists of Anthony Kiedis on vocals; Michael Balzary, long known to fans as Flea, on bass; Chad Smith on drums; and recent addition Josh Klinghoffer on guitar—birthed a blend of punk, funk, and hip-hop ...
HALL OF FAME ESSAY. May 1965: In a Florida hotel room, Keith Richards wakes up hearing a riff in his head that he has to play for Mick Jagger immediately. The pair begin to work on a song that initially has a folkish feel but takes on a more hard-edged shape a few days later at Chicago’s Chess Studio. Within a week, it’s completed at the ...
HALL OF FAME ESSAY. Dion DiMucci was born in the Bronx in 1939 and was raised there in the borough’s own Little Italy. He showed a gift for singing at an early age, much to the delight of his parents, who encouraged him to perform. His first love was Hank Williams, the artist who lured him into a Fordham Road record store, where he discovered ...
