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Today in Music History for Dec. 21: In 1672, Benjamin Schmolck, German Lutheran clergyman and prolific hymn writer, was born. Though a busy pastor, he found time to pen 900 hymns, the best remembered ...
Atlanta's been eliminated from playoff contention ahead of Week 15 but the Falcons won't have a top NFL draft pick in April.
Recently elected newcomers David Monroe and Eric Platania and incumbent Mayor Pro Tem Steve Martin were sworn in to Cape ...
In 1973, with the deep wisdom of his mid-20s, Ronnie Wood helped pen the lyrics: “I wish that I knew what I knew now, when I was younger.” They were for the song, “Ooh La La,” a classic for Wood’s ...
Our writers' picks for the very best bands since rock became a permanent part of popular music. One thing is for sure every year around the time of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies — ...
The rocker, a lifelong artist, painted Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts as part of a new collection Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...
Music icon Ronnie Wood marks 50 years as part of the Rolling Stones by unveiling four portraits of the band in a new collection of prints. Titled the Paint It Black collection, the limited-edition ...
My book Backbeats: A History of Rock and Roll in 15 Drummers tells a familiar story from an unfamiliar vantage. Moving from Chicago blues to Phil Spector’s early-1960s confections to the British ...
The first “real” rock concert I ever attended was The Rolling Stones during their Steel Wheels Tour in 1989 at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida. About two years later, in 1991, The Stones ...
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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts passed away last August at the age of 80. Earlier in the month, the band had announced that he would sit out their upcoming tour due to an undisclosed illness, but ...