Andy Taylor reuniting with Duran Duran for new album. The 62 year old guitarist who left the band in 2006 revealed last November when the group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that he had been battling stage 4 prostate cancer for five years. Now, bassist John Taylor has revealed their former bandmate has agreed to part of a “meaningful” new record they are working on. The musician also hinted at the possibility the sessions could feature in a documentary because he suggested they will be filmed.
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Today in Music’s History
On August 11th 1962, Neil Sedaka started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’, his first US No.1 as an artist. It reached No.7 on the UK chart. Sedaka recorded this song twice, in 1962 and 1975, in two significantly different arrangements, and it is considered to be his signature song. Between 1970 and 1975, it was a top-40 hit three separate times for three separate artists: Lenny Welch, The Partridge Family and Sedaka’s second version.
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Today Music’s History
In March 1st 2019, Country Music Hall of Fame member Fred Foster died age 87. He is credited as producer behind all of Roy Orbison’s biggest hits including ‘Oh, Pretty Woman’, ‘Only the Lonely’, and ‘Crying’ and also produced major hits for Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Ray Stevens and Kris Kristofferson.
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Greatest hits of all time : Desireless
Desireless is a French singer and famous for her single “Voyage Voyage” released in 1986 which made it to number one in many European single charts and sold over five million copies.
