Thomas Earl Petty's Life And Accomplishments

Hunter Hayes is a rising star in the country music industry. Hayes is only twenty-three years old and has been performing since he was four now making his way to the top of country music billboard with his new single “Tattoo”. Hayes’s first number one song was “Storm Warning” and on May 10th of 2011 the official music video posted on You Tube by Hayes himself came out. With all the attention brought to “Storm Warning” many more people started to listen to Hunter’s music. In 2011, shortly after “Storm Warning”, an even bigger and more known hit of Hunter’s came out called “Wanted”.

They did one last recording with Big Records, but the company became bankrupt after the release, and their band, "Tom and Jerry," were disbanded. In 1963, they regrouped, because of their in folk music, and signed onto Columbia Records as "Simon and Garfunkel,"

The usual age of artists nowadays can be surmised as very young compared to what was popularized in the mid-80s to the early-90s. We all have been amazed by the impressive talents of musicians as young as 14 until the mid-adult age of 25. It is quite an elating feeling to know that those who are dubbed as The Millenials have this awe-inspiring trait of being confident, despite their seeming inexperience. What they lean on is their talent being developed at an early age, and the challenge they have to undergo is truly valid to enter the general music scene. We can never deny that the more we become music addicts, the more we 're exposed to knowing singers or groups 10 years younger than us.

Their fourth album was Incredible and included “Lady Willpower” and “Over You”. They came out with another hit among their fans in 1969 and even though this song didn’t make it to the Billboard Top 40 it is still played to this very day. The song is”This

In 1985 the band played on the L.A. Sunset Strip. This was when the early fans were won over, and this lead to a record deal with Geffen Records. They then recorded their first EP, Live Like a Suicide, and then, their first full album, Appetite for Destruction (Phillips & Cogan, 2009). Guns N’ Roses sold many albums that went big. They produced a total of 8 albums all together.

The father of Keith Urban was placed on hospice earlier this week. The country music singer is beside himself with the news because his father, Robert Urban has been such an important part of life. Keith Urban announced the news while at his exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame. According to a report from US Weekly, Keith Urban 's father was placed on hospice just days before the exhibit opened. It was both a happy and sad occasion for the country artist.

Carl Perkins Introduction Many artists go through tough times and still strike it big, but none did it like Carl Perkins. Carl Perkins was a 20th-century musician who sang rockabilly music. He wrote and sang many songs that other artists liked and recorded. Carl Perkins pioneered rockabilly music, wrote many songs that people could relate to, and was in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame making him one of the greatest rockabilly artists of the 20th century.

Prince Rogers Nelson is an American singer, actor and songwriter and has been a huge contributor to what pop music was and will become. For decades he has continued to aew generations of people with his music. He constantly set trends not only clothing but social changes too. Blending jazz and rock and roll together was a recipe for greatness and success. Born June 7,1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota Prince Rogers Nelson had hardships in his early life, But that didn't get in the way of his passion for music.

"Why Baby Why” was one of George Jones greatest hits in his huge and testing country music career. Even though George Jones had many struggles in his childhood and career, he still managed to inspire many people by proving tragedies can’t ruin futures. George Jones had a very tough childhood and most of it had to do with his parents. Jones's father was very abusive, and his father got drunk consistently; Jones would have to perform for him in the middle of the night. When the Jones family bought a radio, George got even more fascinated with music.

Underwood’s career skyrocketed from this point on, the young music sensation going on to become extremely successful later her career. Per an article written on Underwood’s official biography website, the singer has “sold over 58 million records worldwide, scored 21 No. 1 hits, and has been awarded 100 major awards in her career” (Bio). In 2006, she received an award for best new artist and best female country vocalist. During this time, Underwood recorded songs like “Jesus Take the Wheel,” and “Before He Cheats,” both of which made it to the top of the music charts. In 2007, she won her first Grammy and released her famous album “Carnival Ride.”

George’s career began in 1981 with the album Strait Country, which “was influential in increasing the radio play of more traditional, less pop-influenced country music.” (Biography.com Editors), and was followed by 39 albums that have been; certified gold, the most of any country artist. He also holds the country music record for platinum and multi platinum. One example of his continuing popularity in the genre is that as of 2013 he was the only artist to have a top ten hit every year for the previous 32 years and his 60 number 1 singles are the most in the history of

He was ranked behind Elvis Presley and The Beatles in third among all musicians for getting 115 certifications from RIAA. He also earned himself the title of most #1 Billboard country hits getting forty-four songs to #1 (George Strait, 2012). Out of his sixty-one singles, fifty-eight of them made it to the list of the country top ten. George Strait even starred in a movie. In 1992, Pure Country hit theaters.

The Beatles album “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band” released in June of 1967, this was the ultimate album that brought change for the Beatles music career. This was the statement farewell to the bubbly boys in matching suits and preforming to thousands during world tours and welcomed drug use and the spread of love “McCartney came up with the idea of an album by the Beatles in disguise, an alter-ego group that he subsequently dubbed Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. "We'd pretend to be someone else," McCartney explained in Anthology. "

In 1965 the song, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, was produced by the band (Schwartz 19). The song was an instant hit and even reached number one in the world. They were mostly adored by many, but also despised by others. Many of the people that did not like The Rolling Stones did not like, “Their musical attitude, a mixture of rebellion and irreverence using urgent guitars, tribal drums, forceful harmonicas, and sexually tensed vocals, seduced the young and alarmed the old” (Schwartz 19). Despite the mixed reviews and opinions of the bands onlookers, they still were very successful, producing: 29 studio albums, 107 singles, 8 number one hits in the United States and the United Kingdom, along with an estimated 250 million albums sold worldwide and many more accolades

His songs were number three, number nine, and number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 respectively. He also had the seventh most Hot 100 entries on the chart with 82. Brown made his own on-screen feature film