‘Song Sung Blue’ Director Craig Brewer Says Studios Kept Rejecting His Movie About a Midwestern Couple: Audiences Won’t ‘Like These People’

Song Sung Blue' director Craig Brewer on the regional bias he faces from studio executives and working with Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman.

‘Song Sung Blue,’ about Milwaukee band, recoups budget at box office

Starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, 'Blue' is about Mike and Claire Sardina from real-life Milwaukee Neil Diamond tribute ...

Neil Diamond-Inspired ‘Song Sung Blue’ Gets Streaming Date, Report Says

Song Sung Blue,” Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson’s musical drama about a real-life Neil Diamond tribute act, is reportedly ...

‘Song Sung Blue’: Read The Screenplay For Craig Brewer’s Working-Class Fairytale About A Neil Diamond Tribute Band

Song Sung Blue, based on a true story, stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as a down-on-their-luck couple who form a Neil ...
American Songwriter

3 Country Songs From 1973 That Were Far Too Honest for Their Time

These country songs from 1973 spit some serious truth, and it might have been just a bit too much for the era.

The Wild Backstory Behind ‘Convoy,’ the Novelty Song That Hit No. 1 in 1976

In January 1976, the Billboard Hot 100 featured an unlikely chart topper. For the week of Jan. 10, 1976, the novelty hit ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1976, C.W. McCall’s Album Was at No. 1 Thanks to a Hit Song That Inspired a Nationwide Craze and a Kris Kristofferson Movie

Fifty years ago today, C.W. McCall was in the middle of a long run at No. 1 with an album that contained a history-making single.

The true story of Song Sung Blue really is as wild as it is in the new movie

Tearjerking movie Song Sung Blue, starring Hugh Jackman and a Golden Globe-nominated Kate Hudson, tells the true story of Mike and Claire Sardina who met, fell in love, and made a living singing Neil ...