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She was miserable, freezing in New York, and dreaming about another life. Then her husband turned her homesickness into a song—and it became one of the...
He was thinking about another man’s wife when he wrote this song—and somehow turned that moment into one of the most famous love songs of the...
He wrote this song about a woman he couldn’t have—and she had no idea she was the reason behind one of the biggest hits of the...
Few songs begin as recognizably as this one. A few seconds of that haunting guitar intro, and almost everyone knows exactly what is coming. “Hotel California”...
Some songs are loud. They fill stadiums and shake the walls. And then there are songs that arrive quietly, with just a piano and one voice,...
Some songs are written for the beginning of life: first love, first freedom, first adventure. “My Way” was written for the end of it. It is...
He was coming home after years away, but he had no idea whether the woman he loved still wanted him. So he gave her one simple...
The singer didn’t think this song was right for him. He wasn’t excited about recording it, and the songwriter himself didn’t even consider it one of...
She didn’t even want to record this song at first. Then her brother convinced her to give it a chance—and it became the song that changed...
He wrote one of the most heartbreaking songs ever recorded—and for months, he was convinced he’d heard it somewhere before. The melody seemed so complete that...