“And then, out of nowhere, this crazy boy just started singing this song”: How Elvis Presley spontaneously altered the course of music history
After just one impromptu performance, the benchmark for Presley’s whole career was set - and the ears of a generation were ...
“That tingling sensation when something frightens you – I wanted to create that in music”: The birth of Black Sabbath
It was in early 1969, after a change of name from The Polka Tulk Blues Band to Earth, that Iommi heard the first Led Zeppelin album and vowed to make music that was, in his words, “even heavier”.
10 classic songs given away from one artist to another
From Prince to Joni Mitchell and Macca to the Bee Gees, the stars who were in such a creative purple patch that they had ...
“When we heard the album we were speechless!”: How Led Zeppelin's debut blew Peter Frampton away - and inspired countless guitarists
Opener Good Times, Bad Times, with its catchy riff and daredevil cascading solos gave way to the beautiful acoustic Babe, I’m ...