Karen Carpenter reportedly disliked the 1975 Carpenters song "Solitaire" so much she refused to perform it live. According to ...

Radioinfo is taking you back to the songs that turn 50 this year. In Australia, 1974 saw the debut of Countdown, and Queen and the Skyhooks allegedly booed at the Sunbury Music Festival. January 1975 ...

Neil Sedaka keeps getting rediscovered. Widespread interest in the American idol from the '50s and '60s resurfaced last year when "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken included Sedaka's 1973 "Solitaire ...

Elvis Presley’s “Solitaire” was also recorded by Andy Williams and other artists. A writer of the song listened to all 90 recordings of the song and picked a favorite. Elvis’ version appeared on the ...

The proclivity of “American Idol” for celebrity judges has not only given last year’s runner-up Clay Aiken the B-side to his current single “The Way,” but has given songwriter Neil Sedaka a new lease ...

In the late 1950s and early ’60s, Neil Sedaka was a teen idol, singing pop hits such as “Oh! Carol,” “Calendar Girl” and “Happy Birthday Sweet 16.” Fifteen years later, in the mid-1970s, he re-emerged ...

Karen Carpenter reportedly disliked the 1975 Carpenters song "Solitaire" so much she refused to perform it live. According to the YouTube channel Professor of Rock, the brother and sister duo were ...