On January 29th 2021, Hilton Valentine, original guitarist and founding member of The Animals, died at the age of 77. In 1963 he was recruited to join The Animals alongside Chas Chandler, Alan Price and John Steel. He went on to play on classics like ‘Baby Let Me Take You Home’, ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’, ‘We Gotta Get Out of This Place’, ‘It’s My Life’ and ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’, and on the band’s landmark, trans-Atlantic number one cover of the traditional folk song ‘The House of the Rising Sun’.
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Beyoncé Becomes First Black Woman to Lead Top Country Albums Chart
Beyoncé is busy sweeping the Billboard charts. According to Billboard, the singer’s new country-inspired album has taken the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, making the global superstar the first Black woman to lead the list.
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Duran Duran record a new album with Andy Taylor
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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Taylor Swift Released Four New Songs
In celebration of The Eras Tour, Taylor Swift is releasing 4 previously unreleased songs tonight at midnight. She revealed the four tracks include re-recordings of Swift’s dual contributions to the 2012 soundtrack to The Hunger Games “Eyes Open” and “Safe & Sound” featuring Joy Williams and John Paul White as well as “If This Was a Movie (Taylor’s Version)” and never before heard song “All of the Girls You Loved Before.”
