The Vietnam War ends in April 1975 as Saigon falls and South Vietnam surrenders; the last of the U.S. forces flee by air from the U.S. Embassy. In the UK,...
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Patti Smith, the “punk Poet Laureate,” is a key figure of ‘70s rock and roll and in the development of punk and alternative rock. She got her start (in music,...
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Bruce Springsteen, champion of the American working-class underdog. Gritty realist. Writer of tight, loud rock songs. A muscular street-tough image. The Boss. The man who released Born in the U.S.A.,...
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Before there was little Michael Jackson fronting the Jackson 5, there was child prodigy “Little Stevie Wonder,” who hit number one in 1963 with “Fingertips” at the age of thirteen,...
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Bob Marley and the Wailers should need no introduction. To many, Marley is the face of reggae, plain and simple. For a large part of their career, however, the Wailers...
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It is often said that fans of Tom Waits tend to fall into two camps: those who love his early barroom Beat troubadour songs and those who prefer the throaty,...
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On August 9, President Richard Nixon resigns due to the Watergate scandal. His successor, Gerald Ford pardons him about a month later, a controversial decision which most likely leads to...
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