Category: Past

A Touch of Class

A Touch of Class

Flashback Artist of the Month for January 2025 Instagram Spotify Youtube Bio Around the World (La La La La La) Bio A Touch of Class (ATC) was a popular Eurodance group in the early 2000s. Formed in the late 1990s by Joseph Murray, Sarah Egglestone, Livio Salvi, and Tracey Elizabeth Packham. The ATC members came from countries across Europe and initially met as […]

Nirvana

Nirvana

Flashback Artist of the Month for December 2024 Facebook Youtube Mouse-pointer Spotify Bio Smells Like Teen Spirit Bio Nirvana was an American Rock popular in the 1990s. Formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987 by highschool friends Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic. The band began establishing its self within the Seattle and its grunge scene. During […]

Bobby Vee

Bobby Vee

Flashback Artist of the Month for November 2024 Mouse-pointer Bio The Night Has a Thousand Eyes Bio Bobby Vee was an American singer-songwriter. Born in 1943, Vee grew up in a Norwegian family in North Dakota. Vee’s career in music began in 1959, when he filled in for the Traveling Dance Party after three of […]

Outkast

Outkast

Flashback Artist of the Month for October 2024 Soundcloud Bio Roses Bio Outkast is widely known as one of the most popular and influential rap duos in history. Andre 3000, who was the more outgoing half of Outkast, left a massive mark on music and hip hop culture. His innovative lyricism, eclectic style, and boundary-pushing […]

Johnny Cash

Flashback Artist of the Month for September 2024 Mouse-pointer Bio Hurt Bio John R. Cash was an influential American country singer-songwriter. Born in Kingston Arkansas, Cash grew up listening to gospel music and Irish music. By age 12, he was already composing his own music with his guitar.  After he graduated high school, Cash enlisted in […]

Queen

Queen

Flashback Artist of the Month for August 2024 Facebook X-twitter Instagram Youtube Tiktok Mouse-pointer Bio Bohemian Rhapsody Bio Queen, made up of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon was formed in 1971. Two years later, they signed their first recording contract for EMI, released their first album, “Queen”, and performed on their […]

Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

Flashback Artist of the Month for July 2024 Facebook X-twitter Instagram Youtube Spotify Mouse-pointer Bio Tell Him (Audio) Bio Lauryn Hill is a renowned American rapper, singer-songwriter, producer and actress. Born in East Orange, New Jersey, Hill got developed an interest in music at a young age thanks to her parents. She accelled in school […]

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Flashback Artist of the Month for June 2024 Facebook Spotify Instagram Youtube Mouse-pointer X-twitter Bio Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough Bio Born in Gary Indiana, 1958 Michael Jackson was the eighth child in the Jackson Family. Michael got his start in the music industry as a member of the Jackson Five, a boy group […]

Coro

Coro

Flashback Artist of the Month for May 2024 Facebook X-twitter Instagram Bio Can’t Let You Go Bio Coro is a freestyle singer and actor known for his many chart-topping singles “Where Are You Tonight (1991)” and “Can’t Let You Go (1991)” included. He is also known for his roles in the hit TV series Miami Vice. […]

Freedom Williams

Freedom Williams

Flashback Artist of the Month for April 2024 Facebook Instagram Youtube Bio Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) Bio Frederick Brandon Williams aka Freedom Williams was born in 1966 in Brooklyn, New York. Williams began his music career in 1985 with the rap group Hardcore under his stage name Freedom Williams as he studied […]

Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye

Flashback Artist of the Month for March 2024 Instagram Youtube Bio Sexual Healing Bio Born in Washington D.C. in 1939, Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. developed a talent for singing in church at the early age of four years old. Despite his troubled home life, Marvin grew to love music and with encouragement from his mother […]

Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson

Flashback Artist of the Month for February 2024 Facebook Twitter Instagram Spotify Music Youtube Mouse-pointer Bio Beside You Bio William Robinson Jr. aka Smokey Robinson is one of the most influential Black American artists of the 20th century. Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1940, Robinson had an interest in music at a very young age. […]

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