As for why "For Those About to Rock" features the sound of cannons, those trademark booms were inspired by yet another unlikely source: The cannons used at the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana ...

How about we start off with a little bit of country goodness? “Feels So Right” by Alabama came out in May 1981 and was an almost immediate hit. The song made it to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country ...

With his early singles, Al Stewart’s melodic rock and memorable arrangements blew something fresh into the pop and rock airwaves of the ’70s, with the 1976 single “Year of the Cat” taking him into U.S ...

Dave Ball, the instrumentalist in the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, who enjoyed a massive worldwide hit with their 1981 cover of ...