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Older men, young girls: a common theme of 70s pop – but still wrong

4817 days ago
Guardian MusicTeenage love was at rock'n'roll's core. The stars were often not much older than female fans, and industry middlemen also tried to interpose themselves into the sexual mixBack in 1968, Mick Jagger sang, "I don't care that you're 15 years old, I don't... more info

Beatles, Elvis & Sinatra Amongst Nominees For Inaugural Pop Music Hall Of Fame Class

4835 days ago
StarpulseThe Beatles, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and The Beach Boys are among the first ever nominees for the American Pop Music Hall of Fame. Tony Bennett, Neil Diamond, The Carpenters and Simon & Garfu... more info

You'll Never Walk Alone: from terrace anthem to touching tribute

4837 days ago
Guardian MusicForty-nine years after it first entered the charts, You'll Never Walk Alone is now back at No 12 thanks to a campaign by Liverpool FC supporters. After the Hillsborough report, it is a fitting message of solidarity to those who have sufferedIt lasts ... more info

Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra's Former Home Torn Down

4842 days ago
ContactMusicFrank Sinatras former Los Angeles home has been demolished Paramount Pictures chairman Brad Grey put the seven-bedroom Holmby Hills residence on the market for 23 5 million 14 7 million a year ago Sep11 but it failed to sell and so in a desperat... more info

How Music Works by David Byrne – review

4847 days ago
Guardian MusicThe former Talking Head delights with a 'wildly ambitious' study of all matters musical, from Pythagoras to the MP3David Byrne was not like other boys. When he first heard Purple Haze, aged 14, the precocious future leader of Talking Heads informed h... more info

Hal David dies of stroke at 91

4852 days ago
Guardian MusicHal David, master lyricist behind such hits as Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, has died in LA at 91 after strokeHal David, the lyricist who teamed with Burt Bacharach on dozens of timeless songs for movies, television and a variety of recording ar... more info

Hal David, lyricist behind string of memorable hits, dies aged 91

4852 days ago
Guardian MusicBest know for partnership with Burt Bacharach on songs such as Walk On By and I Say A Little PrayerSongwriter Hal David, famous for penning dozens of top 40 hits with composer Burt Bacharach, has died aged 91.The lyricist, who wrote many timeless son... more info

Max Bygraves obituary

4853 days ago
Guardian MusicPopular comedian, singer and TV host grew up in poverty but became a star of the Palladium and a top-selling recording artistThere was never much intellectual cachet in being an admirer of Max Bygraves. True, he was at one time, at £500,000 a year, ... more info

Frank Sinatra Jr: 'I was living in his shadow'

4853 days ago
Guardian MusicFrank Sinatra split from his first wife when his son, Frank Jr, was six. It was 40 years before father and son developed a true relationship. He talks about being kidnapped, forging his own music career – and being the son of a legendWhen he was 19... more info

Bad 25 – review

4854 days ago
Guardian MusicIn his warm and affectionate study of Michael Jackson's Bad, Spike Lee displays an exuberant reverence for the King of PopMichael Jackson revisionism gets a huge boost with Spike Lee's new film, a terrifically warm, affectionate and celebratory study... more info

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