How songs become hits is still a mystery, even with all the overabundance of AI algorithms that are supposed to give surefire predictions. It is still a hit and miss game, from the moment an artist or ...

In the 1980s, these 10 acts just barely avoided one-hit wonder status, but which is their third best song? The decade was littered with one-hit wonder bands, but some acts managed to squeeze out ...

Also known as part of The Equals, a sorely underrated 1960s group, Eddy Grant enjoyed a pretty successful solo career, at least in the UK and Europe. Stateside, though, his only Top 20 hit was ...

A one-hit wonder is a singer or group that has only experienced success with one hit song. Often, people will only remember the name of the song and not even the singer or group behind it. We've ...

Royce Campbell has an awesome and enviable worldwide reputation—as a jazz guitarist. Who knew he could also write this well, and for a big band, no less. All but one of the eleven engaging songs on ...

The title of “World’s Greatest Rock Band” has been bandied about ever since the genre began. U2 certainly could stake a legitimate claim to it for a good stretch in their prime. Album after album, ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Cover songs, at some point, became part of nu-metal culture. To be more specific, these were mostly covers of pop songs. Sure, some did it before Limp Bizkit unleashed their take on George Michael's ...