The Cure's 'Boys Don't Cry' Becomes Their First Song to Reach 1 Billion Streams on Spotify

The award-winning band officially joined Spotify’s “Billions Club” after their hit song “Boys Don't Cry” garnered over one ...
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Was “Surfer Girl” Brian Wilson’s First Song? His High School Buddies Don’t Think So

When one learns of a genius musician, it’s hard not to research everything one can about that artist’s process. This is especially the case if you’re a musician yourself. I’ve spent quite a bit of ...
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The First Song Pete Townshend Wrote At 11, Before He Knew How to Play Guitar, Was Inspired by Young Love and Bill Haley

"My friend Graham Beard and I were about 11, and we went to see some Bill Haley movies when we were on holiday. So we wrote some songs." ...
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Beatles Legend Ringo Starr Wrote His First Song for the Iconic Band and It Flopped

Tehuan Harris is a news and features journalist at Collider, reporting and writing about all things music and reality TV (sometimes). She is a talented journalist and a natural storyteller who writes ...
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Bob Dylan's First Song Was a Teenage Love Letter to This French Bombshell

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BeforeBob Dylan became a music legend, he was a smitten teenager with a crush — and her name wasBrigitte Bardot. Long before his ...