Episode 35: Michael Jackson: "I just wanted to be loved by everyone"

Today is the 76th birthday of the man who put the “Kool” in Kool & The Gang. Robert Bell has spent more than six decades laying down the basslines behind some of the greatest party songs ever recorded. But his journey started far more simply — with a couple of…

Today marks the 75th birthday of a musician who's spent his career refusing to stand still. Sting went from school teacher to front-man of The Police — before walking away from one of the biggest bands in the world, at the height of its success. HOT1027's Tara Penny takes a…

Today would have been Amy Winehouse’s 43rd birthday. With the beehive, the tattoos and that extraordinary voice, she looked and sounded like nobody else. But behind the tabloid headlines was a gifted songwriter who turned heartbreak into some of the most brutally honest music of her generation. HOT1027’s Tara Penny…

Today would have been the 80th birthday of one of rock music’s greatest showmen. Freddie Mercury could hold 70-thousand people in the palm of his hand — yet away from the stage, Queen’s flamboyant footman was intensely private. HOT1027’s Tara Penny takes a look …

Today, Shania Twain turns 61. She’s the woman who took country music into the pop mainstream, sold more than 100-million records and gave us some of the biggest singalong anthems of the 1990s. But behind the leopard print and infectious confidence is an extraordinary story of poverty, violence, devastating loss,…