November 7
Folk music's most poetic voice Joni Mitchell was born today in 1943, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose confessional lyrics and jazz-influenced compositions on albums like 'Blue' and 'Court and Spark' established her as one of popular music's most sophisticated and influential artists… The world lost one of its greatest poets today in 2016 when Leonard Cohen died at 82, ending the life of the Montreal songwriter whose deep voice and spiritual explorations on songs like "Hallelujah" and "Suzanne" made him beloved across generations… Hollywood glamour met crooner royalty today in 1951 when Frank Sinatra married actress Ava Gardner in his second marriage, beginning a passionate and tumultuous union between two of entertainment's biggest stars that would end in divorce six years later… Pop history's most successful partnership officially began on this day in 1967 when Reg Dwight (soon to be Elton John) and lyricist...
