Harold Lloyd Jenkins was destined for stardom. Born in 1933, the Arkansas teenager was a standout baseball prospect. As a ...

Clarence Greenwood, better known by his stage name Citizen Cope, started writing poetry after being inspired by The Jackson 5. He has since evolved as an artist and has continued to be influenced by ...

In a world where you are surrounded by naysayers and enemies, you have to keep proving your worth and fighting for your place. In relationships, sometimes love feels like a battlefield and when ...

Outlaw country was a subgenre that thrived in the mid to late 1970s. It was a reaction against the Nashville Sound backed by Music Row executives at the head of the country establishment. As such, ...

There’s nothing cheesy about a little clapping. And by clapping, we’re not talking about applause on live tracks. We’re talking about the kind of deliberate claps artists use to punctuate, drive, ...

The Village People is a group that was formed in 1977. The group is best known for their hit songs “Macho Man,” “In the Navy,” and “Y.M.C.A..” The group was originally formed by French producer ...

There’s a time and a place for love songs, but a break-up isn’t it. When a relationship fizzles out, there’s comfort in knowing that someone else has been there, seen that, and written the song to ...

Falling in Reverse is an American rock band that was formed in 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ronnie Radke is the founding member of the group, and he formed the band while he was incarcerated. Originally ...

Kitty Wells, whose real name is Ellen Muriel Deason, was an American country musician and pioneer who broke down longstanding barriers for women in country music. In 1952, she became the first woman ...

Country music’s roots are in rural areas of the Southern and Western United States. Traditional Celtic and Scottish folk songs and ballads started evolving in the Appalachian Mountains. In 1923, ...

Ray Boltz is a retired contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and evangelist. Boltz was born in Muncie, Indiana, in 1953. His music career began in 1986 when he produced inspirational and ...

Marilyn McCoo has done considerable work as an actress and TV presenter. However, she tends to be known for being a singer. Specifically, McCoo was the lead female vocalist for 5th Dimension from 1966 ...