Let’s be honest, the first album by The Beatles to have any long-lasting impression on the public and the history of music was Rubber Soul, which arrived six albums into their career.

Aside from those imported records, and the efforts of blue-eyed soul vocalists like Dusty Springfield, though, Britain didn’t have its own authentic soul voice until Patricia Arnold set foot on UK ...

Activist, composer, and lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, Bob Geldof, teamed up with Ultravox’s Midge Ure to create the ...

Once a thriving, mega-rich market town, it is now so dominated by boarded-up buildings that there seem to be more empty ...

These three bands highlight how Birmingham, England, changed rock music with legends like Black Sabbath, Duran Duran, and ELO.