Pop
Wham! Brought Pop Music to 1980s China
In 1985, it took eighteen months of talking to get two British pop stars into China. The country had been ...
It’s A Good Day For Prince And Stranger Things Fans
Imagine waking up to find a song from 1984 is the biggest hit in the world. That is exactly what ...
The Truth Behind Roy Orbison’s Sunglasses
Imagine sitting in a dusty town in Texas with a population of only about 900 people. This is Wink, a ...
How Lionel Richie Beat the Bad Boys With One Soft Word
In 1986, the music world was a loud and messy place. You had rockers in leather pants and pop stars ...
Cher is Telling the Secrets She Kept for 60 Years
Imagine living for eighty years and keeping the biggest secrets of your life locked in a box. Cher is about ...
The Voice That Refused to Be Silent: Céline Dion’s Medical Miracle
For over a thousand days, doctors and experts whispered that the greatest voice of our time might never make another ...
Is This Janet Jackson’s Sunday Habit?
Fifty years in the brutal glare of a spotlight would break most people. But Janet Jackson is headlining a massive ...
Why Michael Jackson’s Biggest Hit Is a Headache for Millions
Meeting a stranger should be simple. But for a woman named Annie, it is a social trap. For thirty-eight years, ...
This Is Why George Michael Almost Quit Being A Pop Star
George Michael sold 25 million copies of his first solo album, Faith. He was called a “sex symbol” after his ...
Prince And His Guitars Is The Perfect Love Story
There is a famous story about a reporter asking Eric Clapton how it feels to be the best guitar player ...