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Music Recording Studios

Music recording studios have played a large role in shaping the sounds of most albums ever produced. ... Read More »

Sun Records Owner Shelby Singleton Dies at 77

Shelby Singleton, the country music mogul who resuscitated Sun Records in 1969 when he bought the ... Read More »

Bruce Springsteen Debuts New Song at New Jersey Gig

Bruce Springsteen commemorated the final concerts at Giants Stadium on Wednesday night by unveiling ... Read More »

Rockabilly Pioneer Billy Lee Riley Dies at 75

Rockabilly innovator, songwriter and one-time Sun Records recording artist Billy Lee Riley died ... Read More »

Twisted Tales: Roy Orbison's Tragic Life (and Afterlife) of Sadness and Burnt Homes

Roy Orbison's exquisite voice was the sound of hard luck and shattered hopes. He had the sound ... Read More »

Roy Orbison Gives Kevin Bacon a Run for His Money

In his song 'Thunder Road,' Bruce Springsteen delivers the now-classic famous line, "Roy Orbison ... Read More »

What's That Song in the Old Navy MTV Movie Awards Commercial?

'Maybe Tonight,' by Nicole Atkins Fact: Girls love to get ready together. There's something about ... Read More »

Scientist Names Slime Beetle After Singer

When researchers from the University of New Mexico and Arizona State identified dozens of new ... Read More »

Best Songs of 2007: No. 21

'Tonight the Streets Are Ours,' Richard Hawley This Pulp alumnus finds a timeless sound by going ... Read More »

Best Opening Lyrics: No. 12

"A candy-colored clown they call the sandman tiptoes to my room every night" --Roy Orbison's 'In ... Read More »

The 25 Most Exquisitely Sad Songs in the Whole World: No. 10

'In the Real World' Roy Orbison (1989) The Breakdown: The master of pop-opera misery ('Crying,' ... Read More »