Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1986 was the big breakthrough year for L.A.-based pop-rock band The Bangles. After touring heavily in support of their 1984 ...

In 1986, The Bangles had a massive hit with “Walk Like An Egyptian”. The odd song, written by Liam Sternberg, is on the group’s sophomore Different Light record. “Walk Like An Egyptian” spent four ...

What do Akron, Ohio, the English Channel, and Egypt have in common? If you were to say “nothing,” we wouldn’t blame you for the assumption. But thanks to The Bangles’ first No. 1 single from 1986, ...

British singer-songwriter Jade Bird puts her spin on the Bangles‘ 1986 hit “Walk Like an Egyptian” for a new Spotify Singles session, along with her own tune “Uh Huh.” In its original incarnation, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A member of a beloved rock band recently revealed a music superstar unexpectedly gave the band one of its biggest songs. Prince’s ...

A Vulture series in which artists share the stories and strategy behind their lead singles. “The momentum started to gather like a snowball going down the hillside. We started to get bigger and bigger ...

break from each other -- albeit, a 10-year break -- and then one by one, each of the Bangles wanted her band back. was meant to be.” Former Bangles bass player Annette Zilinskas joined soon after.

When Walk Like An Egyptian topped the U.S. charts on December 20, 1986, the Los Angeles foursome became the Sand Dance Kids as they warbled singsong lyrics about bazaars, the Nile and crocodiles over ...

To celebrate the incredibly prolific, influential and diverse body of work left behind by Prince, we will be exploring a different song of his each day for an entire year with the series 365 Prince ...

Wish it were Sunday? So does Billie Joe Armstrong. For his latest No Fun Mondays cover, the Green Day frontman took on The Bangles' 1986 hit "Manic Monday." By Anna Chan Wish it were Sunday? So does ...

1986 was the big breakthrough year for L.A.-based pop-rock band The Bangles. After touring heavily in support of their 1984 Columbia Records debut All Over the Place, the all-female quartet needed to ...