David Essex – The Smile
Music Legend DAVID ESSEX – “THE SMILE”: A SECRET LANGUAGE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW In the spring of 1983, David Essex returned with a song that sounded lighter and more…
David Essex – Gonna Make You A Star – Glasgow Concert Hall. 3rd September 2026
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The Fivepenny Piece – Keep Your Hand on Your Ha’Penny
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Elvis Presley – Blue suede shoes – 1956
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Anne Murray – If I Ever Fall In Love Again (Duet with Kenny Rogers) ft. Kenny Rogers
ANNE MURRAY & KENNY ROGERS: “IF I EVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN” AND THE QUIET BEAUTY OF TWO PERFECTLY MATCHED VOICES By 1989, Anne Murray and Kenny Rogers had already…
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers – I Will Always Love YouAt the 25th anniversary celebration of Dollywood
DOLLY PARTON & KENNY ROGERS: “I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU” BECAME A SONG ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AT DOLLYWOOD In 2010, as Dollywood celebrated its 25th anniversary, Dolly Parton gathered some of…
Dolly Parton – But You Know I Love You
DOLLY PARTON – “BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU”: THE HEARTBREAK OF LOVING SOMEONE WHILE THE ROAD KEEPS CALLING By the time Dolly Parton recorded “But You Know I Love…
Dolly Parton & Willie Nelson – Everything’s Beautiful (In It’s Own Way)
EVERYTHING’S BEAUTIFUL (IN ITS OWN WAY): WHEN DOLLY PARTON AND WILLIE NELSON FOUND BEAUTY IN THE IMPERFECT WORLD There are country duets built around romance, heartbreak, or the sheer pleasure…
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED: A COLD SNOW-SWEPT PATH AND THREE UNFINISHED LIVES
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED: THREE YOUNG LIVES THAT NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO FINISH THEIR SONGS Some nights in music history are remembered for the records they created. February…
ELVIS PRESLEY & FATS DOMINO: WHEN THE “KING” STOOD BESIDE THE MAN HE HAD ALWAYS ADMIRED
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Sammy Davis Jr – I’ve Gotta Be Me
SAMMY DAVIS JR. TURNED “I’VE GOTTA BE ME” INTO A PERSONAL ANTHEM AFTER IT WAS ALMOST HIDDEN ON THE B-SIDE In 1968, Sammy Davis Jr. recorded a song that seemed…
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers – “Islands In The Stream” ‘Dolly’ Episode 13 (1987)
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Dolly Parton, Randy Parton, & Anne Murray (Dolly TV Series 1976)
DOLLY, RANDY & ANNE MURRAY: A BEAUTIFUL 1976 MOMENT WHEN FAMILY AND FRIENDSHIP MET ON DOLLY’S FIRST TELEVISION SHOW There is something wonderfully unpolished and intimate about watching Dolly Parton,…
Elvis Presley – My Happiness
BEFORE THERE WAS “ELVIS THE KING,” THERE WAS JUST A YOUNG MAN SINGING “MY HAPPINESS” FOR HIS MOTHER On a summer day in July 1953, an 18-year-old Elvis Presley walked…
Reba McEntire – The Greatest Man I Never Knew
“THE GREATEST MAN I NEVER KNEW” FOUND THE HEARTBREAK IN ALL THE WORDS A FATHER AND DAUGHTER NEVER SAID Some country songs hurt because of what happened. “The Greatest Man…
Elvis Presley – I’m Movin’ On
ELVIS PRESLEY’S “I’M MOVIN’ ON” FOUND THE KING BACK IN MEMPHIS, SINGING A COUNTRY CLASSIC WITH SOMETHING TO PROVE There is a striking irony in Elvis Presley’s “I’m Movin’ On.”…
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers – The Greatest Gift of All
DOLLY PARTON & KENNY ROGERS: “THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL” TURNED THEIR FAMOUS CHEMISTRY INTO A CHRISTMAS MEMORY By Christmas 1984, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers had already become one…
Dolly Parton – Romeo
DOLLY PARTON’S “ROMEO” TURNED A COUNTRY LOVE SONG INTO ONE OF HER MOST PLAYFUL MUSICAL MOMENTS There are plenty of love songs in country music, but very few begin by…
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers – Real Love Live Concert
DOLLY PARTON, STELLA & FREIDA: A RARE MOMENT WHEN THE PARTON SISTERS SANG THEIR MOUNTAIN ROOTS TOGETHER Some of the most touching moments in Dolly Parton’s television career came when…
Dolly Parton with sisters Freida & Stella Parton sing “On Top of Old Smoky” – Live on Dolly! (1987)
DOLLY PARTON, STELLA & FREIDA: A RARE MOMENT WHEN THE PARTON SISTERS SANG THEIR MOUNTAIN ROOTS TOGETHER Some of the most touching moments in Dolly Parton’s television career came when…
Elvis Presley – Good Rockin’ Tonight
“Good Rockin’ Tonight” captured Elvis Presley at the moment a new musical language was beginning to take shape There is something almost startling about hearing Elvis Presley’s “Good Rockin’ Tonight”…
Bonnie Raitt and John Prine – Angel From Montgomery
“Angel From Montgomery” became more than a song for Bonnie Raitt and John Prine, it became a musical friendship that lasted for nearly five decades Some songs seem to belong…
Randy Parton and Dolly Parton – ld Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You
“Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You” captured Dolly Parton with her brother Randy quietly beside her, turning a country hit into a family moment There is something especially…
Dolly Parton – Tomorrow is Forever
“Just Because I’m a Woman” revealed a young Dolly Parton already willing to turn a private hurt into an honest country song Before Dolly Parton became one of the biggest…
Dolly Parton – Just Because I’m A Woman
“Just Because I’m a Woman” revealed a young Dolly Parton already willing to turn a private hurt into an honest country song Before Dolly Parton became one of the biggest…
Buddy Holly – That’ll Be the Day
“That’ll Be the Day” was the record that turned Buddy Holly from a promising Texas musician into a defining voice of early rock ’n’ roll Few recordings from 1957 sound…
David Essex – Beautiful Day
“Beautiful Day” found David Essex looking forward, not simply back By the time David Essex released “Beautiful Day” in 2006, the world that had first made him a household name…
Showaddywaddy – Under the Moon Of Love On Hits A GoGo
“Under the Moon of Love” captured Showaddywaddy at the exact moment their 1950s dream became a 1970s phenomenon There is something wonderfully time-capsule-like about watching Showaddywaddy perform “Under the Moon…
Showaddywaddy Malc and Trev interview on ATV Today
Before the glittering costumes became a memory, Malc and Trev showed the real men behind Showaddywaddy There is something wonderfully revealing about seeing Malcolm “Malc” Allured and Trevor Oakes sitting…
David Essex sings Hold Me Close, September 2026, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
At Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, David Essex returned to “Hold Me Close,” a song that once made him one of Britain’s biggest stars On 19 September 2026, inside Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall,…