John Williams Short Biography. :: Everybody likes music. Do you have favorite guitarist? Who is your favorite guitarist? For some people they do not know much information about guitarist, they have concern to the music and singer. But there is a person behind a beautiful music and sound, there is a instrument player. Some of instruments player are called pianist, [...]
This Day in Music Spotlight: Kylie Minogue’s Journey from Car Mechanic to Pop Diva. :: Aussie pop singer Kylie Minogue scored her fifth U.K #1 single on July 1, 2000 with the Paula Abdul song, “Spinning Around,” which prompted the British trade magazine Music Week to announce that Kylie was the only “act” in the history of British pop music to see their first 13 singles go top 10. Over the years, Kylie has sold more than 68 million albums and more than 40 million singles worldwide, won numerous trade awards (ARIAs, Brits and Grammys), and she’s been bestowed the U.K.’s most prestigious Order of the British Empire “for services to music.” As the Daily Telegraph remarked, “Kylie Minogue is not just a pop star any more; she is a veritable goddess.” The land down under has hardly been a hotbed of international chart hits, which makes Minogue’s rise to the top all the more remarkable
This Day in Music Spotlight: Radio Station Bans Sir Cliff Richard. :: Special thanks to ThisDayinMusic.com . Cliff Richard, the Peter Pan of British pop, untouched by scandal since his launch in the black and white 1950s, was embroiled in a career-threatening scandal on this very day in 2004. Tony Blackburn, The DJ who opened Radio One back in 1967 with the immortal “good morning everyone! Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio 1,” had been taking it easy in radio land for a few years when he triggered a Cliff Richard scandal that went all the way to Parliament
