American Songwriter

The Early ’90s Sting Ballad That Paul McCartney Said He “Should Have Written”

"How dare he?" said Paul McCartney of Sting's 1992 hit, which was written for wife Trudie Styler. "I told him [Sting]: ‘You ...

The True Story That Inspired 'Song Sung Blue'

Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson portray Mike and Claire Sardina, a real-life married couple who performed in a Neil Diamond ...

Is the Neil Diamond movie 'Song Sung Blue' a true story? We fact check

Claire Sardina, who performed in Lightning & Thunder with Neil Diamond tribute artist Mike Sardina, tells the true story behind "Song Sung Blue." ...
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“The publisher told us to forget it. But I didn’t give up so easily – I got his home number and called him”: How Emerson, Lake and Palmer charted with Aaron Coplan…

Even cut down to a third of its length, the 1977 track became their biggest hit, and one of the most successful instrumental ...