The first number one of the 1960s by a female artist was Connie Francis with 'Everybody's Somebody's Fool', a song she knew would be a hit.

Tom Hanks could be a natural whenever a camera was on him, but the mark of any true actor is being able to bring that energy ...

Neko Case is considered one of the greatest songwriters ever, which is why her murder ballad 'Deep Red Bell' is too scarring ...

The famed US chat show host has always been known as a sophisticate and intellectual, but his six favourite books are easy ...

In her essay 'The White Album', Joan Didion kept a critical eye on her favourite band and wrote a seminal piece recording them in journalism like never before.

Mick Jagger was more known for his performance than his lyrics. But on this track, they merged together perfectly.

Even though the odds were stacked against them, Pere Ubu emerged from the United States' Rust Belt and changed music forever by normalising weird.

At a towering six-foot-four, Alex Cameron takes out all his rage on the short men of the world on 'Short King', or does he?

Driven by the experimental rock that emerged in the 1960s, DK sought to shake up the underground rock world that was beginning to form in the Soviet Union.

Although Linda Ronstadt could go in many different directions with her voice, she knew when a certain song just clicked with ...

Joe Perry may have had a healthy respect for all flavours of blues, but he felt that rock and roll was always where his true ...

While Joni Mitchell had a high standard for most of her performances, she knew that the best artists knew how to make pure ...