A songwriter wrote Petula Clark's "Downtown" because he disliked the title of one of Phil Spector's girl group songs.

Most great music inspires rumors and speculation. Some have claimed that Petula Clark’s “Downtown” was offered to a massive 1960s band. Here is what Clark’s songwriter had to say.

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin helped make tracks for a British Invasion pop goddess. One of them sounds like The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows.” ...

This singer of American soul music and great seducer before the Eternal was born in Detroit (Michigan) in 1940. Like many ...

The exhibition is the first properly to consider Goldin as a filmmaker. When The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1979-86) came ...

American fans have been returning to the group’s classics in large enough numbers to turn some of them into hits, which has happened again this week. “Nutshell” by Alice in Chains debuts on ...

Unfortunately for The Beatles, not everybody loved it. Despite being one of the Fab Four’s catchiest hits, “Yellow Submarine” only made it to no. 2 on the Hot 100 chart in the US.

Local Love is a new program created by and for local retailers with support from The Chamber Collaborative and the City of ...

Snow put a pause on the Clark College basketball season just ahead of a decisive week in the title chase for the men’s team. Saturday’s men’s and women’s home doubleheader against Linn ...

Fangirl: The Tour took Regina Song Hwee Nee to the Petaling Jaya Performing ... Though she enjoyed global success with The Cutest Pair, she also hit a low point after that.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee baseball clinched its first series of 2025 in run-rule fashion and dominated Hofstra 18-1. The Vols move to 2-0 on the season. A wet and rainy day did not stop the ...

The Official UK Singles Chart reflects the UK’s biggest songs of the week, based on audio and video streams, downloads, CDs and vinyl, compiled by the Official Charts Company. The UK Top 40 is ...