Kim Carnes, who is best known for singing "Bette Davis Eyes" in 1981, as well as her string of hits from the1970s and 1980s, ...

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Happy birthday, America! To celebrate our nation’s semiquincentennial, the editors of Rolling Stone got together and selected one song for every state. Some of these tunes are by homegrown heroes; ...

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With some movies and shows, there’s a song you’re left singing for days, sometimes weeks after you’ve seen it, if it’s placed right. Think “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush or “Islands in the Stream ...