The UK’s most-streamed songs since 1952 revealed
Paint It Black by Rolling Stones, Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and Gene Kelly’s Singin’ In The Rain are among the most-streamed songs to have been released since the creation of the Official Singles Chart. Daily Express :: Music Feed
Paul McCartney on intimate and unique way he wrote The Beatles’ hit songs with John Lennon
Paul McCartney admitted he’s never had a better collaborator than when working with John Lennon on The Beatles’ hits. Daily Express :: Music Feed
Elvis death: The last two songs The King sang in private performance hours before he died
Elvis Presley’s album From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee was certified gold 45 years ago today, just a few weeks after his untimely death at 42. And on that record was one of the last two songs he sang at a piano at Graceland, before heading upstairs and dying of a heart attack. Daily Express […]
Johnny Cash was related to Queen Elizabeth II who inspired one of his most famous songs
JOHNNY CASH was distantly related to the late Queen Elizabeth II on his father’s side. Here’s the incredible family tree link to the British throne for The Man In Black, who wrote one of his best-loved later songs thanks to the monarch. Daily Express :: Music Feed
Elvis death: The two songs King sang in last performance at Graceland hours before he died
ELVIS PRESLEY sang two songs at Graceland just hours before he died, as witnessed by his cousin Billy Smith, the last surviving original Memphis Mafia member. Daily Express :: Music Feed
The Rolling Stones songs Mick Jagger thought were ‘terrible’ and ‘useless’
THE ROLLINGS STONES frontman Mick Jagger had a strong negative reaction to three of his band’s songs that he’s now changed his mind about. One of them even had Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page on the recording. Daily Express :: Music Feed
Paul McCartney’s brother reveals top 12 pop songs they sang as kids
THE BROTHER of Sir Paul McCartney has given the Daily Express a fascinating glimpse into their childhood as he revealed the top 12 pop songs they sang as kids. Daily Express :: Music Feed
Brian May ‘really hated’ Queen song’s use in classic movie –‘I was horrified and so upset’
BRIAN MAY EXCLUSIVE: The Queen guitarist claims “nobody asked me” to include Freddie Mercury classic The Show Must Go On in a much-loved movie. After seeing the film at the cinema he thought they “killed it”, adding “I had all the wrong things going up and down my spine.” Daily Express :: Music Feed
Christmas songs make unbelievable millions – but Mariah is not the top earner
‘ALL I WANT for Christmas is piles of money’ would be a better name for the staggering success of the perennial Crimbo classics with the biggest song making £3million on Spotify alone. With a record number of 24 seasonal songs in the UK charts this year, who are the big earners, from Mariah Carey and […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda debuts ‘never-before-heard’ Jonathan Larson songs in Tick Tick Boom
TICK TICK BOOM hits Netflix this week, a big-screen rendition of the musical of the same name originally written by Jonathan Larson. Especially for the film, director Lin-Manuel Miranda resurrected some of Larson’s never-before-heard songs for the feature. Daily Express :: Films Feed