When surprise is no longer required By 1969, when Tom Jones walked onto the stage of This Is Tom Jones, audiences were no longer surprised by his voice. They expected…
There are Christmas songs we listen to, and then there are Christmas songs we feel. For Neil Diamond, Angels We Have Heard On High was never just another track on…
How a Rejected Demo Became the Song That Launched a Legend When “It’s Not Unusual” burst onto British radio in early 1965, audiences thought the voice behind it belonged to…
Among musicians who spent long hours in the studio with Neil Diamond, one sentiment echoed again and again: he never accepted the first arrangement. Not once. Not even when it…
Neil Diamond once admitted that the only thing powerful enough to interrupt his relentless pace was something he could not argue with: a doctor’s order. Three months of rest —…
Long before microphones were tested and long before sound engineers traced their diagrams across the venue floor, Tina Turner possessed a skill that left even seasoned professionals speechless. A stage…
Tina Turner was known for her fire onstage, but those who worked with her in the studio say her real power came from something far quieter: discipline. Behind the lights,…
Neil Diamond once spoke about a past relationship in a way that revealed more about fame than any headline ever could. “We loved each other,” he said, “but couldn’t survive…
People often tried to understand Bob Marley through fame, politics, or myth, but those who knew him privately said the truest doorway into his character was much simpler: the three…
David Cassidy once admitted that one of the strangest periods of his early career was also the most disorienting. Before he understood the shape of his talent, before he had…