Frankie Goes to Hollywood
On the back of an enormous publicity campaign, Frankie Goes to Hollywood dominated British music in 1984. Frankie's dance-pop borrowed...
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin was one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. More than any other performer, she epitomized...
Free
Famed for their perennial "All Right Now," Free helped lay the foundations for the rise of hard rock, stripping the earthy sound of...
Glenn Frey
Glenn Lewis Frey (November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) Glenn Frey was best known as one of the two most popular and longest tenured...
Peter Gabriel
As the leader of Genesis in the early '70s, Peter Gabriel helped move progressive rock to new levels of theatricality. He was no less...
Lady Gaga
Glamorously gaudy, a self-made postmodern diva stitched together from elements of Madonna, David Bowie, and Freddie Mercury, Lady Gaga...
Marvin Gaye
One of the most gifted, visionary, and enduring talents ever launched into orbit by the Motown hit machine, Marvin Gaye blazed the trail...
The J. Geils Band
The J. Geils Band were one of the most popular touring rock & roll bands in America during the '70s. Where their contemporaries were...
Genesis
Genesis started life as a progressive rock band, in the manner of Yes and King Crimson, before a series of membership changes brought...
Gerry & the Pacemakers
As unfathomable as it seems from the distance of over 40 years, for a few months, Gerry & the Pacemakers were the Beatles' nearest...
