The year 1970 marked a new year and a new decade. These are three one-word one-hit wonders from 1970 that shine today.

The Beatles released hits in the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, and the 1990s. Some of those songs were hits during their initial run as a band. On the other hand, some Beatles songs were hits after the ...

Motown was at its height in the 1970s, but what was the song from the genre with the longest number one reign of that time?

Visions is Mark Isaacs' latest project for his trio, featuring jazz arrangements of 1960s and 1970s popular songs. During February and March, the Mark Isaacs Trio will perform this music throughout ...

Digging into the music of the past decades can come up with some true gems. Yet, at the same time, it can confront you with some music that was a true disgrace then and even more so now. And very ...

In the early 1970s, "Superstar" was a song that had already been recorded by a handful of famous faces. Written by Bonnie ...

The Beatles made some of the best music of the 1960s, however, many would still say there were great 1960s songs before they became famous. A famous rock star of the 1970s dismissed the music of the ...

It was described as "one of the strangest recording studios ever built." In the 1960s and 1970s, musicians found their way to Cavern Sound, a studio in an underground cave in Independence, Mo. James ...

A few music gadgets hit the masses and went obsolete during the 1970s. Let's look at a few you probably never heard of, or forgot about.

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