Glenn Frey

Glenn Lewis Frey (/fraɪ/; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, actor and founding member of the rock band Eagles. Frey was the co-lead singer and frontman for the Eagles, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most of the Eagles’ material. Frey played guitar […]

Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), known also as «the father of American music», was an American songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music. He wrote more than 200 songs, including «Oh! Susanna», «Hard Times Come Again No More», «Camptown Races», «Old Folks at Home» («Swanee River»), «My Old […]

Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known […]