Steely Dan musician Donald Fagen is no stranger to writing weird and wonderful songs, but 1989's 'The Mop Song 2000' is by far the strangest he ever penned.

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Winning a Grammy is one of the proudest moments of an artists career; however, there are some people who have won for the ...

Despite having record-breaking careers, artists like Madonna, Prince, and David Bowie have never won the Grammy for album of ...

He was nominated for a Grammy Award for his solo work on "In Vogue," a track from Joanne Brackeen’s 1999 album Pink Elephant Magic, and was prominently featured on Steely Dan’s Grammy-winning album ...

The Grammy Awards have picked some deserving winners throughout the show's history. However, there have also been a lot of ...

B efore the fourth album, Katy Lied, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker had retained control of Steely Dan while the live band ...

Eminem received his first nod for album of the year in 2001 for "The Marshall Mathers LP," but lost to "Two Against Nature" by Steely Dan." He has been nominated two more times, in 2003 for "The ...

The latter surely had the longest jazz solo on a Steely Dan track, ad-libbing superbly over four minutes, or about half, of West Of Hollywood on the Two Against Nature album. The Staceys’ big band, ...

By contrast, "Two Against Nature" was thoroughly average. But since it was Steely Dan's first album in 20 years, I guess the voters got overly excited. Radiohead's "OK Computer" was so perceptive ...