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Month: May 2020

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Monkey On My Back» by Aerosmith

24 May 2020 SB 0

Aerosmith’s career resurgence was in full force by the time Pump was released on 12 September 1989. The original band collapsed in the first half […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Photograph» by Def Leppard

21 May 2020 SB 0

As 1983 rolled on, the lads in Def Leppard were ready to release their third album Pyromania on an unsuspecting world. It arrived on 20 […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Love Hurts» by Nazareth

20 May 2020 SB 0

“Love Hurts” is a song written and composed by the American songwriter Boudleaux Bryant, who was a very prolific and successful songwriter for other artists […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Time For Me To Fly» by REO Speedwagon

14 May 2020 SB 0

REO Speedwagon released their seventh studio album with the memorable name You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish in April 1978. It […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Hounds of Love» by Kate Bush

1 May 2020 SB 0

“It’s in the trees! It’s coming!” The sample that opens the Kate Bush song Hounds of Love comes from the 1957 British horror film Night […]

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