Episode 36: Freddie Mercury: "I don't think anyone will ever know the real me"

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 Michael Jackson’s 68th birthday. Few artists have ever reached his level of fame — and perhaps even fewer paid such a complicated price for it. 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,…

Today, Madonna turns 68. She’s sold more than 300-million records, reinvented herself across five decades and changed the rules for women in popular music. But the Queen of Pop didn’t arrive with money, connections or an easy road to fame. Her story is one of extraordinary ambition, survival — and…

Today would have been Whitney Houston's 63rd birthday. She sold more than 220 million records, won six Grammy Awards and gave the world classics like Saving All My Love For You, I Wanna Dance With Somebody and I Will Always Love You. But behind one of the greatest voices in…