January 17: With the country in a financial downturn, Foster writes "Hard Times Come Again No More." The song will prove an enduring expression of the struggle with poverty, and will eventually ...

Foster had occasionally composed piano pieces, but song writing was his real forte, and he returned to it once the "Social Orchestra" was completed. Foster's "Hard Times Come Again No More ...

A year later, Janis Joplin put her now-iconic touch on it with Big Brother and the Holding Company, turning it into a rumbustious No. 12 hit. Breakups are hard ... and the song became more ...

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From: 'The Silver Tongued Devil and I' (1971) Kristofferson scored one of his biggest solo hits with "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again ... song. "For the Good Times ...

This power ballad from hard rock’s Def Leppard is no less mesmerizing ... has time and again instilled itself as one of pop-rock’s most popularized singles. The song marked the debut of ...

The decade wasn't always beautiful, but many times it was ... that makes literally no sense. The listener kind of has to sit ...

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Just Dance is back once again ... to be a hard dance, which should please the adult fans and players who love to dance to Little Mix’s songs and have been looking for some more challenging ...

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