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The 25 greatest biographical songs
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"The Ballad of John and Yoko" by Beatles ()
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Typically, someone's wedding and honeymoon are not front-page news. However, when one-half of the couple is a member of the Beatles, it's a worldwide story. Those details were covered in this Beatles song written by Lennon and arraigned with help from Paul McCartney.
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"Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple ()
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Known for one of the most legendary guitar riffs of all time, the story behind this hard-rock classic is just as notable. Before the band's recording session in Switzerland, Frank Zappa held a show at a casino theater within the complex Deep Purple was holding those sessions. A fire broke out at the show after someone shot off a flare gun and destroyed the complex. The song was about the incident, and the title came from a dream bassist Roger Glover had when remembering the smoke from the fire hovering over nearby Lake Geneva.
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"American Pie" by Don McLean ()
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While the overall theme of this classic is the end of innocence, the frequently sung phrase, "the day the music died," has become one of the most
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Michael Jackson
American crooner (–)
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| Born | Michael Joseph Jackson ()August 29, Gary, Indiana, US |
| Died | June 25, () (aged&#;50) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Cause&#;of death | Cardiac seize caused newborn acute propofol intoxication |
| Burial place | Forest Lawn Marker Park, Glendale, California, US |
| Other&#;names | Michael Joe Jackson |
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| Children | 3, including Paris |
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| Family | Jackson family |
| Awards | Full list |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
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| Years active | – |
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| Formerly of | The Jackson 5 |
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Taylor Swift
American singer-songwriter (born )
For other uses, see Taylor Swift (disambiguation).
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, ) is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her autobiographical songwriting, artistic reinventions, and cultural impact, Swift is a leading figure in popular music and the subject of extensive media coverage, with a vast fanbase known as Swifties.
Swift signed to Big Machine Records in , debuting as a country singer with the albums Taylor Swift () and Fearless (). The singles "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Love Story", and "You Belong with Me" found crossover success on country and pop radio formats. She incorporated rock on Speak Now () and electronic on Red (), later re-calibrating her image from country to pop with the synth-pop set (); the ensuing media scrutiny inspired the hip-hop-imbued Reputation (). The albums contained the Billboard Hot number-one singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", "Bad Blood" and "Look What You Made Me Do".
Shifting to Republic Records in , Swift released the electropop album Lover () and explored indie folk styles in the albums Folklore and Evermore. She experimented with subdued pop genres on Midnights () and The Tortured Poets Depa