Arguably the most famous of these was Manic Monday, a song that Prince originally wrote for Apollonia 6, the girl group that he assembled in 1983 and who appeared in Purple Rain. However, it ended up ...

A member of a beloved rock band recently revealed a music superstar unexpectedly gave the band one of its biggest songs. But the connection went beyond that. “He would come to our shows and sit in,” ...

Vicki Peterson remembers the night Prince crashed a Bangles gig, the secret 'Manic Monday' demo he sent, and how it rewired their 1980s pop-rock destiny.

There was a time, back in the ‘80s, that Prince was writing so many good songs that he could afford to give away surefire hits to other artists. Arguably the most famous of these was Manic Monday, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long before their chart domination, global popularity and, ultimately, their implosion, the Bangles began with an ad on a big ...

When Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill married in 2003, you might be forgiven for thinking that a song, an album or a show might follow. After all, Peterson cofounded the Bangles in 1981 with her sister ...

In 1986, The Bangles released a song that spent four weeks at No. 1, and was the beginning of the end for the group.

In one giant leap, The Bangles transformed from a critically acclaimed but little-known group to one of the biggest bands on the planet. It took place on the album Different Light, which took the ...

Susanna Hoffs looks better after just waking up than most people do all day long! The legendary lead singer of the ’80s all-girl band the Bangles, 66, who rose to superstardom thanks to songs like ...

Long before their chart domination, global popularity and, ultimately, their implosion, the Bangles began with an ad on a big board in the Sunset Boulevard shopfront of Musicians Contact Service.