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Everyone knows the version by the Brothers Johnson, a. No. 5 hit in 1977. Fewer realize that it's a cover of a tune written by guitar prodigy Shuggie Otis, who…

Most Americans know little and care less about Eurovision, the annual international music contest that's sort of a cross between the Olympics and a Simon Cowell sing-off. Each participating country…

Happy Mother's Day. Get off your feet and onto a couple of sofas. From "One Size Fits All," the 1975 LP that was the last one credited to the Mothers…

Before Bob Marley recorded this song with the Wailers for his last LP, "Uprising," he recorded a series of demos, experimenting with its key and tempo. Some of them sound…

Imagine Dragons, in case you don't keep up with such things, is about as corporate as rock bands get these days, selling out arenas with a generic sound that has…

Been waiting for months for a day like this, and I don't mean just the weather. This 1977 smooth soul classic was Bill Withers' last Top 40 solo single. Though…

Fine Young Cannibals burned brightly but briefly. Their year was 1989, when their second album, "The Raw & the Cooked," went double platinum and spawned two No. 1 singles. Their…

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released its list of honorees for 2023 the other day and, as usual, the headliners don't scream rock and roll. Nobody begrudges Willie…

Apparently every American citizen is now required to voice a position on transgendered youth. Paul Stanley, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of glam rockers Kiss, went public the other day…

Flags in Canada should be at half-staff today -- singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, considered the nation's troubadour, died yesterday at age 84. Lightfoot, who came out of the same Toronto folk…

I caught half of this song on the radio the other day and thought it was some rediscovered '60s nugget. Turns out the Heavy Heavy is a Brighton, UK, band…