He Was Homeless, Starving, and Hiding from the Police in a Frozen Car… The Night Before He Became a Legend.
Introduction Forget the sequins. Forget the meticulously coiffed hair and the gentle, rumbling voice that...
Introduction Forget the sequins. Forget the meticulously coiffed hair and the gentle, rumbling voice that...
Introduction Imagine the humidity of a crowded dance hall in 1960. The air is thick,...
Introduction There is a peculiar cruelty in celebrity apologies. The star confesses their sins under...
Introduction We assume perfection from icons. We imagine Barry Manilow sitting at a grand piano,...
Introduction Imagine the sheer audacity of it. The year is the early 1970s. Country music...
Introduction The year was 1971. McDonald’s was not yet the omnipotent global sovereign of calories...
Introduction The year was 1965. The venue was a sweat-soaked club in Summer’s Point, New...
Introduction Liverpool, late 1950s. The city is grey, industrial, and recovering from the war. But...
Introduction We often romance the idea of the “starving artist”—the genius who suffers for their...
Introduction We think of “banned” songs as the rebels: the profanity-laced anthems of N.W.A. or...