1988 No. 1 Hit Sold Over a Million Copies and Became One of the Decade’s Biggest Songs

Paula Abdul’s 1988 hit Straight Up sold over 1 million copies, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and became a defining pop song of the 1980s.

The Secret History of Rock’s Wildest Stage Prop: P-Funk’s Mothership

A half-century ago, George Clinton debuted a $500,000 spaceship that turned his live concerts into intergalactic journeys.
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True Green’s “Bindi Sue” Is A Tribute To The Late Steve Irwin

We’re getting real close to the release of True Green’s new album Hail Disaster, and dang, haven’t these previews been enticing? The latest, following “Italian Lightning” and “How To Draw Hands,” is ...