Jim Kerr on why Simple Minds didn't want to record 'Don't You (Forget About Me)'

It’s been 40 years since Simple Minds ascended to the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” a ...
Rolling Stone

Dolly Parton’s New Song ‘Don’t Make Me Have to Come Down There’ Was a Gift From Her Dreams

It’s Dolly Parton‘s 77th birthday, and she’s celebrating in true country icon fashion — sharing a new song with an excessively long title that first came to her in a dream. “Don’t Make Me Have to Come ...
New York Post

How Simple Minds turned ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ into the ‘Breakfast Club’ anthem 40 years ago

Simple Minds was riding high on the success of "Don't You (Forget About Me)" when the band performed at Live Aid in July 1985. John Atashian/Getty Images Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, ...
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Simple Minds on 40 Years of ‘Don't You (Forget About Me)' & Their Friendship, Despite the Occasional ‘Screaming Match'

Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill have been playing music together for some 48 years, most of them in Simple Minds. Kerr assures us that familiarity has bred fondness; he even says the "parallel story" in ...
Taste of Country

Dolly Parton Is Celebrating Her Birthday With a New Song That Came to Her in a Dream [Listen]

Dolly Parton's 77th birthday is on Thursday (Jan. 19), and she's celebrating with a gift for her fans: A new song. During a video chat conversation about her new line of Duncan Hines box mixes, Parton ...