Meat Loaf's 1977 smash album, Bat Out of Hell, went platinum many, many times over, spawned no less than three hit singles - including the bittersweet power balled "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" - …

When you think of Meat Loaf, you think of such larger-than-life pop-rock extravaganzas as the searing "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" or the autobiographical tearjerker "Objects in the Rear  …

For the first five years of her career, hits surged from Laura Nyro like steam from a teakettle, then she walked away, cutting all ties with the music business for half a decade. If the basics of her c …

Four years before the hornet nest synths of "Milkshake" brought Kelis to the crowded schoolyards of Top 40 radio, the ultra-modern R&B singer seemingly appeared out of nowhere on Ol' Dirty Bastard's sw …

Given the boldly dramatic, jazz-infused strains of Astor Piazzolla's famous 1974 composition "Libertango," listeners might never know that the great, Argentine-born tango master had, at age 52, recentl …

It boggles the mind to think how far-reaching Roy Ayers' influence has been - his early albums became the sacred scrolls of acid jazz, his laid-back instrumentals set a standard that jazz-pop's smoothe …

As many ears as Roy Ayers turned inside-out when he first burst onto the scene, his star has grown even brighter over the years, as his famous fans in hip-hop and R&B sampled his juicy jazz-funk jams a …

From his first smash single, Tyrone Davis proved that women find few words sexier than "I'm sorry" - assuming, of course, that they're delivered with T.D.'s almond-butter baritone and puppy-dog pout. F …

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride: Both "Looking for a New Love" and "Real Love" managed to hit #2 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, which was as close as Watley got to the top (not that  …