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The Ramones' debut still defines punk

The band's first album flopped in 1976, but its influence on popular culture remains undeniable

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“I just had shivers right up my spine. I couldn’t wait to actually get in and record it”: Bonnie Tyler on the classic song for which she will always be remembered

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“Artie would be singing it, people would stomp and cheer, and I would think, ‘That’s my song, man. I wrote that’”: How Simon and Garfunkel created their transcendent masterpiece – with tension rising and emotions running high

“That song had two writers – Paul Simon and God”

MusicRadar

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“I was a child – he’d choose which records I would get royalties on and which I didn’t. He was stealing my money, and I didn’t realize it”: The untold story of “The Lost Beach Boy” David Marks

David Marks reflects on the surf-rock beginnings of one of the world's most beloved pop-rock institutions, recalling the good times, bad times, and his return to the fold

Guitar World

Nedra Talley Ross obituary

Singer with the Ronettes girl group who renounced show business for gospel music

The Guardian - UK

“Nedra’s voice, style and spirit helped define a sound that would change music. Her contribution to the group’s story and their defining influence will live forever”: The last surviving member of the Ronettes, Nedra Talley Ross, has died

She was 80 years old

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Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s bee-hived pop band the Ronettes, dies

Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the Ronettes, has died at 80

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Nedra Talley Ross helped make the Ronettes the platonic ideal of a girl group

Even though she was unwell, the last surviving Ronette was full of poignant memories and saucy asides when I met her last year. And she had a rich life after pop success

The Guardian - UK

Nedra Talley Ross, last surviving member of the Ronettes, dies aged 80

Singer performed hits including Be My Baby with her cousins Ronnie Spector and Estelle Bennett

The Guardian - AU

“Anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, anti-conventional, anti-capitalistic. But because it is sugarcoated, it is accepted”: The song John Lennon called “the best I've ever written” – and Yoko Ono’s uncredited contribution

“A lot of it – the lyric and the concept – came from Yoko”

MusicRadar

Forensic Scientist In OJ Simpson And JonBenét Ramsey Cases Gave Explosive Last Confession Before Passing

An alleged resurfaced interview from forensic scientist Henry C. Lee has reignited controversy, with explosive claims and criticism casting doubt on his decades-long legacy in high-profile cases.

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Trump is ‘dumb as a fox,’ master of ‘the wall of sound,’ and never above ‘the last resort of scoundrels’: Yale scholar breaks it down in new book

“We know from mythology and science across centuries and cultures that even foxes can get outfoxed on occasion,” Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld told Fortune.

Fortune

“He shoved me down to the floor of the car. He was kicking the windows. The whole time he's yelling at the top of his lungs, ‘Yoko! I want Yoko!’” The wild story of John Lennon's rock ’n’ roll covers album

Recorded under threat of a lawsuit, while in the midst of his infamous “Lost Weekend”, Rock 'n' Roll was the craziest ride of the Beatle's career – featuring top players and a gun-wielding Phil Spector

Guitar World

“He was distant and uncommunicative… and wore a different wig every day”: Starsailor singer James Walsh on working with Phil Spector

Fortunately, there were no guns...

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'Distracting and strange...' James Walsh recalls Phil Spector wearing different wig each day in the studio with Starsailor

Starsailor's James Walsh has recalled what it was like when the band recorded with legendary and eccentric producer Phil Spector in 2002, which was his final production before his conviction for murder in 2009.

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“It’s a perfect song. Bonnie really conveys the drama. That voice brought Jim’s song to life”: How the writer of Bat Out Of Hell and a husky-voiced singer from Wales combined to create one of the greatest power ballads of all time

“It makes you feel like you're a Norseman in a blizzard”

The Independent UK

Phil Spector ‘made an example of’ by justice system, says music legend

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The Independent UK

Marky Ramone claims he ‘has to believe’ what Phil Spector told him about Lana Clarkson murder

Musician suggests late producer, who was convicted of murder in 2009, was ‘made an example of’

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Marky Ramone believed Phil Spector was innocent

Marky Ramone believed his late friend Phil Spector when he denied murdering Lana Clarkson.

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“When we were mixing, he used to get so excited that I used to have to hold him down with one hand and try and carry on the manual mix on the desk with the other": The making of the Clash’s mature masterpiece, London Calling

How football, thrown ladders and destroyed pianos combined to create the "album of the 80s"

International Business Times UK

Nick Reiner Joins Alan Jackson Client List: 5 Biggest Names The Controversial Lawyer Repped Before Rob Reiner's Murder Case

Nick Reiner has hired famed defence attorney Alan Jackson, known for representing controversial figures like Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and Karen Read.

MusicRadar

How a song rejected three times by The Beatles became the emotional and musical centrepiece of George Harrison’s classic solo album All Things Must Pass

At one point Harrison considered offering the song to Frank Sinatra

The Independent UK

Darlene Love reflects on her enduring holiday classic, 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)'

Darlene Love can't escape her holiday classic, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).”

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“Yoko would call us down into her office in Studio One. And John and I would be standing there like two school children": What did producer Jack Douglas do to provoke the ire of Yoko Ono?

She threatened to hire Spector for Double Fantasy

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“I just sat down at my piano in Scotland, started playing and came up with that song. It's a sad song because it's all about the unattainable”: The story of the ballad that sparked the breakup of The Beatles

Featuring "atrocious" bass-playing by John Lennon

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