The guy that wrote the song wanted to record it with his hit band but was turned down flat. And the girl that sang it never liked her performance. Yet the public has spoken since when the song was ...

When Ronstadt was set to record “Different Drum” in 1967, the song was a ballad. However, it wasn’t originally written that way. Nesmith told The Wall Street Journal that it was 1964 when he was a ...

"Different Drum" hit No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of January 27, 1968. It was the first we'd heard of Linda Ronstadt, a 21-year-old from Tucson, Arizona, blessed with a voice that ...

Nesmith started writing and performing music in the early 1960s under the name “Michael Blessing.” He found some small success as a songwriter with a fusion of country and rock. During that period, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. One of the Coachella Valley's Cabaret sweethearts, Francesca Amari, is bringing ...