Paul McCartney said of one period in his career, "laziness crept in." But given the circumstances, the artist needed to give himself a break to get back on top.
Today in Music History for Jan. 20: In 1889, Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was born in Morningsport, La. Leadbelly, popular during the 1930s and '40s, was probably the first country ...