Music
Pop Off: Shawn Mendes Lacks Impulse Control, Exploits NYC Air Quality and Canada Fire To Market Spur of the Moment Song
Pop star Shawn Mendes showed a lack of impulse control yesterday. His record label and manager must be quite alarmed.
Mendes dropped a new song...
Music
Madonna, Seeking Relevance, Teams Up with Pop Fad Sam Smith to Get “Vulgar,” Barely An Actual Idea of a Song for the Dance Floor
You've got to be kidding.
Madonna, almost 65 years old, is desperate for relevance.
So she teamed up with a bloated waterbug of a contemporary...
Business
Queen $1 Billion Catalog Deal Very Possible Says Expert: Freddie Mercury’s Heirs, Like Mary Austin, And Band Members Could Become Very, Very Rich
When Freddie Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 he left half his estate to his friend and "common law wife," Mary Austin. The...
Celebrity
More on Cynthia Weil: Mike Stoller, Carole King, Neil Sedaka Remember Their Brilliant Brill Building Songwriting Friend and Lyricist
Cynthia Weil's death, reported today, can not go without more conversation.
I spoke to another legend, Mike Stoller, another Brill Building graduate who wrote dozens...
Celebrity
RIP The Legendary Songwriter Cynthia Weil, 82, Wrote Dozens of Hits with Husband Barry Mann at the Brill Building
This hurts.
Cynthia Weil has passed away at age 82. The legendary songwriter wrote dozens of classic hits with husband Barry Mann at the Brill...
Music
Flashback: Paris Hilton Is Re-releasing Her Pop Hit from 2006 — Here’s the Original Story I Broke
Back in the winter of 2006 I was in Los Angeles for the Oscars. Standing under the awning of the Beverly Hills Hotel, waiting...
Music
It was 56 Years Ago Today: The Beatles Released “Sgt. Pepper,” Still the Greatest Album of All Time, and Music Was Changed Forever
It was June 2nd, a week later than in Britain, when the Beatles released :"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." in 1967.
It's still the...
Music
Madonna Will Release “Vulgar” New Single with “Satanic” Singer Sam Smith Next Week (Listen)
Madonna is looking for some kind of boost to her moribund recording career. She hasn't had a hit in more than a decade.
So next...