Not as successful in the UK as, say, The Stylistics or The Chi-Lites, what really set The Manhattans apart in the 60s and 70s was…
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Formed in Wales in 1988 and obsessed with The Clash and Public Enemy, the Manic Street Preachers survived early media vitriol to emerge defiant and triumphant. Nicky…
If ever a band was beyond parody, it’s Manowar. As self-appointed Kings of Metal, these valiant, muscle-bound, loincloth-wearing warriors have acted as standard bearers for…
Neo-glam space travellers are supposed to be beamed down to Earth from some flamboyant galaxy far far away – a distant nebula far more grandiose…
Formed in 1974, NYC’s Marbles were brothers Howard (guitar) and David Bowler (drums) with Eric Li (keyboards) – who Dave met while a freshman at…
Skegness lad Graham Bonnet and Blackpool-born Trevor Grunnill were cousins. Trevor moved to Australia with his family in the late 1950s, where he met The…
Blue Moon was the only song by Richard Rodgers and Lorenzo Hart not to have been written for a musical. Originally composed as a ballad of…
This rock band with definite Goth leanings was formed in England in December 1981. Laurence “Loz” Elliot (bass) met Simon “Detroit” Denbigh (vocals) at Leeds…
Marcia Elaine Hines was born in Boston (USA) in 1953 and arrived in Australia in April 1970 at the age of 16 to appear in…
London-born Mari MacMillan Ramsey Wilson grew up listening to everything from Stax and Motown to Judy Garland and Peggy Lee. At the age of 15, she travelled to America,…
Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica d’Amato was born on 12 September 1943 in Greenwich Village, New York City (her name changed when she married Geoff Muldaur,…
Former convent girl Marianne Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) released her debut single – the Mick Jagger/Keith Richard penned As Tears Go By – in August 1964,…
Olive Marie Osmond was born in Ogden, Utah, the eighth of nine children (and the only daughter) born to Olive May and George Virl Osmond.…
In the early 1980s, while Yes and Genesis were having pop hits and Pink Floyd were coming unglued, a new band emerged as standard-bearers for…
This British quartet was formed by four Hertfordshire school friends: Jane Fox (bass & vocals), her sister Alice (vocals & percussion), Tracey Thorn (guitar &…
Adelaide-born singer Mark Holden (born 1954) will always be remembered for his clean-cut image, his white dinner suit and his penchant for handing out carnations…
Mark Wynter was born Terence Sidney Lewis on 29 January 1943 and decided to change his name when he began performing to lessen the confusion…
The Marketts’ Surfer’s Stomp (1962) – produced by Joe Saraceno (who would later work with The Ventures) – was one of the first surf music instrumentals…
The Marmalade began as Dean Ford and the Gaylords, who were very popular on the Scottish club circuit between 1961 and 1966. Junior Campbell and…
Born and raised in the Detroit area, the eldest of four boys, Marshall Crenshaw played in a long list of cover bands, including an oldies…