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Before it became one of the Bee Gees’ signature recordings, “How Deep Is Your Love” was briefly considered for another act, and a key listener helped...
Leaving the Smokies with almost nothing but songs, Dolly Parton used her first hard-won success not for glamour, but to lift her parents out of poverty...
For nearly six decades, Carl Thomas Dean’s refusal of celebrity helped Dolly Parton preserve a marriage, a home life, and a sense of self far from...
In a one-room cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains, Avie Lee Parton’s labor, sacrifice, and songs became the emotional foundation of Dolly Parton’s art, empathy, and...
When Steve Perry launched his solo career in 1984, “Oh Sherrie” transformed a very personal relationship into a glossy pop-rock confession that still defines his life...
Eric Clapton’s “Layla” endures as a rock classic not only because of its searing riff and aching beauty, but because it was born from an impossible...
As she fought to build a career in the late 1960s, Dolly Parton’s early touring choices reflected a personal code: no stage was worth stepping onto...
With a bright, commanding vocal and a song built to linger in the ear, Little Peggy March transformed teenage novelty into one of the defining pop...
An early-1981 appearance on Fridays captured The Pretenders at their most thrilling: lean, volatile, stylish, and utterly unwilling to tame themselves for television.
Long before she became a country icon, Dolly Parton learned to comfort babies, shoulder adult responsibility, and turn hardship in a Tennessee cabin into the protective...