On March 15, 1986, the band's legendary song "Manic Monday," broke the Top 20 on Billboard 's Hot 100, with the pop-rock anthem coming in at No. 19. It would peak at No. 2 just weeks later on April 19 ...

There was a time, back in the ‘80s, that Prince was writing so many good songs that he could afford to give away surefire hits to other artists. Arguably the most famous of thes ...

Prince’s interest in the Bangles stemmed from their 1984 debut album “All Over the Place.” The pop superstar was particularly ...

Vicki Peterson remembers the night Prince crashed a Bangles gig, the secret 'Manic Monday' demo he sent, and how it rewired their 1980s pop-rock destiny.

Girl groups were becoming popular again in the 1980s, and The Bangles were one of the best. Their eight-year collaboration produced some of the most essential hits of the decade, including “Manic ...

In 1986, The Bangles released a song that spent four weeks at No. 1, and was the beginning of the end for the group.

When Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill married in 2003, you might be forgiven for thinking that a song, an album or a show might follow. After all, Peterson cofounded the Bangles in 1981 with her sister ...

When they started out at the beginning of the 1980s, The Bangles' members were never part of the Los Angeles punk scene that slightly predated them, with bands such as X, the Germs and the other ...