Category: Pop Expresso

Top 10 of the Best Richie Sambora’s Bon Jovi songs
Together with lead singer Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora formed the main songwriting unit for Bon Jovi. Today Sambora turns 62 and we look back at 10 of his very best songs with Bon Jovi

“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” peaks to No.1 at the U.S Hot 100 in the Summer of 1965
The Rolling Stones definitive signature song became their first No.1 hit in the United States when it peaked to the top of the Hot 100 on July 10, 1965

Soft Cell singer Marc Almond turns 64
Marc Almond might still be best remembered for Soft Cell’s smash hit “Tainted Love” in 1981, but the singer has had a fulfilling and creative solo career since 1984, releasing until now 23 albums. He turns 64 today

On July 9, 1955 Bill Haley & His Comets peaked to No.1 on the US singles chart with Rock N’ Roll classic “Rock Around the Clock”
Despite it’s cultural influence “Rock Around The Clock”, the song bear a very close similarity to several songs written years before, learn which ones and also more about the background of this Rock classic

The Scottish singer Jim Kerr turns 62 today
The Scottish singer Jim Kerr, voice of the Simple Minds who scored 1980’s hit songs such as “Don’t You Forget About Me” and “Alive And Kicking”. turns 62 today

The Top 10 Most Popular Hole songs
The Grunge Queen Courtney Love was born on this day in 1964 and to celebrate her 57th birthday We countdown the Top 10 most popular Hole songs

The Top 10 Best AC/DC songs with Bon Scott
Bon Scott lived fast, died young, and we are not sure if he left a good looking corpse, but he did left an enormous legacy to music. We look back at his time in AC/DC with the Top 10 Best AC/DC songs with Bon Scott

Influential drummer Mitch Mitchell was born on this day in 1946
He thundered the Rock scene during the late 1960’s as the drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience

For the first and last time, The Police scores a No.1 at the US Hot 100 with their hit “Every Breath You Take” in 1983
First released in 1983, The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” remains so popular today that in 2010 was estimated to generate between a quarter and a third of Sting’s music publishing income

In 1987, the 17 year old Glenn Medeiros peaks to No.1 on charts worldwide with the Pop ballad “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You”
The young 17 year old Portuguese-American singer Glenn Medeiros topped the charts in several countries, including the UK