'Margaritaville:' History, Lyrics And Meaning Of The Most Lucrative Song Ever
Music | January 20, 2020
Jimmy Buffet performs on stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 30, 1989. (Photo by David Red...
Janis Joplin: Stories And Life Of The Woodstock Generation's Queen
Icons | January 19, 2020
Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company perform onstage at the Fillmore East circa 1968 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Julie Snow/Mi...
Barry Manilow's 'Mandy' Was Originally 'Brandy.' But Was It Really About A Dog?
Music | January 18, 2020
Barry Manilow performing on Saturday Night Live With Howard Cosell, airdate: October 11, 1975. Photo by Ann Limongello/Walt Disney Televisi...
The Muppets' 'Mah Na Mah Na (Doot Doo-Doo Doot Doo)' Came From A Smutty Movie About Sweden
Entertainment | January 17, 2020
"Mah Na Mah Na" is one of the best-known gibberish songs in entertainment -- and not because of its original appearance in a ...
Nerds On Acid: The Internet's Founders Did LSD In The 1960s
Culture | January 16, 2020
An unidentified boy wearing headphones and a 'psychedelic disk' on his forehead at en exhibition created by USCO (the 'Company of Us) at Riverside Museum, New ...
Ronnie Van Zant Of Lynyrd Skynyrd Predicted His Own Death
Music | January 15, 2020
Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd in a recording studio, August 12, 1977. Photo by Tom Hill/WireImage When Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant died in a plane cra...
Joe DiMaggio Couldn't Stand Being Married To Marilyn Monroe
Entertainment | January 14, 2020
June 2, 1955: Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio appear in public, together though estranged. Source: Bettmann/Getty Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe had the All...
Carly Simon: A Young And Sexy '70s Songbird, Then And Now
Icons | January 13, 2020
Left: Carly Simon poses for a portrait on March 15, 1971 in London, England. Right: Simon in a publicity photo, circa 1977. Sources: Ed Caraeff/Getty Images; Wik...
How A Hockey Player Became Canada’s Starbucks
Culture | January 12, 2020
For most Americans Tim Hortons is only a name that we’ve heard in passing. Is it a coffee shop? A donut store? Do they sell guys named Tim? It’s a shame that so few Ame...
Tanya Roberts: Bond Girl, Sheena And Beastmaster, Then And Now
Entertainment | January 11, 2020
Tanya Roberts holding a perch with a bird on it in a scene from the film 'Sheena: Queen of the Jungle', 1984. (Photo by Columbia Pictures/Getty Images) Sh...
'Scared Straight:' Did The Famous 1978 Program Work? (Not Really...)
Culture | January 10, 2020
Starting with 1978’s Scared Straight, the TV special that sent at-risk teenagers to prison with adults in order to freak them out and turn them int...
Crystal Gayle, The 'Brown Eyes Blue' Country Star, Then And Now
Icons | January 9, 2020
Crystal Gayle performs onstage at the Volunteer Jam , Nashville, Tennessee, January 30, 1982. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) Whether you know Crysta...
