Thursday, February 13, 2025

Songwriter

The influential and unique Michael Stipe turns 65 today

Michael Stipe was pivotal in the development of the Alternative Rock music and remains to this day a huge influence singers, songwriters and artists in general. He formed R.E.M. with guitar player Peter Buck in 1979 and the band was one of the first to successfully cross the boundaries of Indie music to the mainstream. Today Michael Stipe turns 65

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Kim Carnes turns 79 today

Kim Carnes gave memorable vocals to the 1981 hit “Bette Davis Eyes” and later also to the U.S.A For Africa “We Are The World”. She has led a successful singer-songwriter career since the 1960’s that still keeps going strong

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Celebrate the legendary Bob Dylan 83rd anniversary with his Top 20 songs

Bob Dylan is one of the most important and respected musicians, songwriters and poets of all time, a “voice of a generation” with countless songs that influenced generations of bands and artists including The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. Today, he turns 83 and we’ve put together what we consider to be his Top 20 songs by order of influence and popularity.

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