NYTIMES (Alex Williams) - Bonnie Tyler, Who Sang ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ Dies at 75
With a voice both weathered and operatic, she minted 1980s pop anthems like “Total Eclipse” and “Holding Out for a Hero.”
NYTIMES (Sam Sifton) - The Greatest Living Songwriters
We look at the list crafted by Times music writers.
REDSTATE (Jennifer Oliver O'Connell) - Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Singer-Songwriter, and Legendary Artist Neil Sedaka, Dead at 86
ABCNEWS - Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka dies at 86
Neil Sedaka rose to fame in the late '50s and early '60s, thanks to popular hits like "Calendar Girl," and what became his signature song, "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do."
NYTIMES (Peter Applebome) - Neil Sedaka, Singing Craftsman of Memorable Pop Songs, Dies at 86
With a genius for melody and keen commercial instincts, he sang and co-wrote some of the definitive teenage anthems of the late 1950s and early ’60s, and then reinvented his career in the ’70s.