

Happy Birthday Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson recorded and released two solo albums in the early '80s, but he is best known as a founding member of the Beach Boys, with...


Happy Birthday Jackie Fox
Jackie Fox was the best-known bassist of the groundbreaking all-female hard rock group the Runaways, performing on their first two studio...


Joe Cocker
After starting out as an unsuccessful pop singer (working under the name Vance Arnold), Joe Cocker found his niche singing rock and soul...


Coldplay
After surfacing in 2000 with the breakthrough single "Yellow," Coldplay quickly became one of the biggest bands of the new millennium,...


Phil Collins
Phil Collins' status as one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond was probably as much a...


The Commodores
Renowned for the R&B hits "Just to Be Close to You," "Easy," and "Brickhouse," to name but a few, Commodores were one of the top bands...


Alice Cooper
Originally, there was a band called Alice Cooper led by a singer named Vincent Damon Furnier. Under his direction, Alice Cooper pioneered...


Elvis Costello
When Elvis Costello's first record was released in 1977, his bristling cynicism and anger linked him with the punk and new wave...


Counting Crows
With their angst-filled hybrid of Van Morrison, the Band, and R.E.M., Counting Crows became an overnight sensation in 1994. Only a year...


The Cranberries
Combining the melodic jangle of post-Smiths indie guitar pop with the lilting, trance-inducing sonic textures of late-'80s dream pop and...