Music Tributes
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Music Tributes brought to your by Monday Morning Magazine presenter Happy Jack
Carole King is a great American singer-songwriter who was the most successful female songwriter in the latter half of the 20t century.Her career began in the 1960's when she and her husband (at that time) …
Cilla Black OBE was an English singer, actress, entertainer and media personality who came to light during the early '60's in what was to become The Beatles era. She was a cloakroom attendant at Liverpool's …
Born Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien but known professionally as Dusty Springfield, she was an English pop singer and record producer whose career extended from the late 1950's until the 1990's. She had a distinctive, …
During the 1960's, Andy Williams became one of the world's most popular vocalists. He was primarily an album artist and at one time earned more gold albums than Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis and Elvis Presley. …
Matt Monro was an English singer who was affectionately known as "the singing bus driver".An important influence on his early career was the pianist Winifred Atwell, who became his mentor, provided him with his stage …
Sharing the same music origins as Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison went on to pioneer an entirely different brand of country / pop based rock and roll in the early 60's.What …
Sam Cooke was one of history's most important soul singers. He pioneered the genre which led to the rise of Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and also popularized the likes of Otis …
During the 1970's Australia's Peter Allen gained worldwide recognition both as a composer of romantic ballads and, contrastingly, as a flamboyant stage performer.He sadly passed away in June of 1992 and left behind many great …
Australian Singer composer Billy Field enjoyed great success during the 80's with many of the songs he composed. I hope you enjoy hearing some of them in this special tribute to him.
Rod Stewart came to prominence with the Jeff Beck Group in the late 1960's and early 1970's. He went on to carve out a huge career as a soloist and has sold in excess of …