Music History

Yes, David Crosby was a member of Buffalo Springfield. He was one of the founding members of the band, which formed in Los Angeles in 1966. The group is best known for its blend...

Ann Wilson, born Ann Dustin Wilson on June 19, 1950, became one of the defining voices of 1980s rock as lead singer of the band Heart. Heart, formed in Seattle by Ann and her si...

John Lennon released Imagine as a single in 1971, and it appeared on the album of the same name that same year. The song became one of the most recognized peace anthems in moder...

Paul McCartney and John Lennon first met on July 6, 1957, at St Peter's Church Hall in Woolton, Liverpool, during a garden fete where Lennon's skiffle group, The Quarrymen, was...

Stevie Nicks launched her solo career in the 1980s while remaining a member of Fleetwood Mac, releasing her debut solo album Bella Donna in 1981, which reached number one on the...

Otis Redding died on December 10, 1967, when the twin-engine Beechcraft Bonanza he was aboard crashed into Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin. The accident killed all but one per...

Tupac Shakur died on September 13, 1996, in Las Vegas, Nevada, after being shot in a drive-by shooting on September 7, 1996. The Notorious B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace, died...

The name Hootie and the Blowfish came from a college friend of lead singer Darius Rucker. In the late 1980s, a fellow University of South Carolina student named James "Hootie" I...

Michael Jackson was 18 years old when he effectively began to step away from the Jackson 5 as a full-time act, according to the most widely cited industry timelines and public r...

Bob Marley was shot on December 3, 1976, at his residence at 56 Hope Road in Kingston, Jamaica. Two gunmen entered the property and opened fire on the car where Marley, his wife...