Everything But The Girl　

Originating at the turn of the 1980s as a leader of the lite-jazz movement, Everything but the Girl became an unlikely success story more than a decade later, emerging at the vanguard of the fus ..more

UA　

Foreigner　

While quite a few arena rock acts of the ’70s found the transformation into the ’80s quite difficult, several acts continued to flourish and enjoyed some of their biggest commercial success： Jour ..more

Bay City Rollers　

The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish pop/rock band of the ’70s with a strong following among teenage girls. The origins of the group go back to the formation of the duo the Longmuir Brothers ..more

T-SQUARE　

Creedence Clearwater Revival　

At a time when rock was evolving away from the forces that had made the music possible in the first place, Creedence Clearwater Revival brought things back to their roots with their concise synthes ..more

CASIOPEA　

Horace Silver　

From the perspective of the 21st century, it is clear that few jazz musicians had a greater impact on the contemporary mainstream than Horace Silver. The hard bop style that Silver pioneer ..more

Mine Kosuke　

Cymbals　

Serani Poji　

Julie London　

A sultry, smoky-voiced master of understatement, Julie London enjoyed considerable popularity during the cool era of the 1950s. London never had the range of Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vau ..more

Ryuichi Sakamoto / Toshiyuki Tsuchitori　

Dance for Philosophy　

Big Big Train　

The roots of British progressive act Big Big Train can be traced back to the late ’80s, when Gregory Spawton moved down from the Midlands to coastal Bournemouth and befriended Andy Poole. Bon ..more

Sukima Switch　

Tama　

Wild Horses　

Wild Horses were considered a minor super-group of the late ’70s, whose leaders, as it turned out, were anything but super. In fact, though the cast of characters involved in their history reads li ..more

Richard Marx　

Before he became a pop/rock heavyweight during the late ’80s (and an adult contemporary balladeer throughout the following two decades), Richard Marx sang on commercials and performed as a backing ..more

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