music history – Page 2

The Songs I Loved: Mariah Carey’s “Looking In”

On October 3, 1995, Mariah Carey released her fifth studio album “Daydream.” The album is most remembered for it’s three…

It’s Friday and we love playlist! Curated by Philly’s own Icon Ebony Fierce, “The Iconic Experience” is inspired by the…

to be a global pop star who was gay but not out during the height of the AIDS epidemic meant…

sylvester was more than the beloved literal queen of disco, he was a prophet, a visionary, and a savior. literally.…

“I want to make you holler, and make you scream my name” a song on the third studio album of…

donna summer. the mere mention of her name evokes visions, feelings, and sounds of heaven on the dance floor. dubbed…

every year, just as pride season is about to kick off, the interwebs argue, fight and debate about who is…

“It’s morning, and we slept the night away” that’s how we are introduced to the soft and powerful voice of…

dubbed the queen of paradise garage, legendary 1980’s new york night club, gwen guthrie scored her biggest hit when she…

in january 1986, the CDC reported more people were diagnosed with aids in 1985 than all of the earlier years…

in the late 1980s, paula abdul’s popularity rivaled that of her contemporaries, janet jackson and madonna. paula had gone from…

by the late 1970s, homosexuality had been decriminalized in multiple states including iowa, nebraska and wyoming. with the hypervisibility of…