In early 1960, Percy Faith and his Orchestra had a surprise hit with the song “Theme From a Summer Place.” The iconic instrumental soared to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on ...

More than five decades ago, a groovy soul anthem helped bring legendary singer Ben E. King back to the top of the charts. In March 1975, his disco-soul hit “Supernatural Thing” reached No. 1 on the ...

Almost 91 years old, Herb Alpert will perform with the new Tijuana Brass to a sold-out audience at the Lyric Baltimore on March 27. He spoke with Dan Rodricks about his decades-long career, his ...

Bob Dylan has written plenty of classic songs over the decades, with some of his most perfect ones being "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Hurricane." ...

NEW YORK (AP) – “Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and ...

With even critically acclaimed bands struggling to make a living, the British group Field Music has come up with a novel way to top up its income.

In 1960, country music was going through quite the evolution. The genre was experimenting with new sounds, as country songs quickly gained popularity. These four country songs all came out in 1960, ...

Author Margena A. Christian revisits the legacy of Sylvia Moy, the Motown trailblazer behind classics by Stevie Wonder.

In 1967, Jimi Hendrix unleashed one of the most influential songs in rock history. His track "Purple Haze," recorded with The ...

His single "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles, further cementing Owens' ...

These rock songs still influence how songwriters pen their tunes today. Even if your niche isn't rock, you could learn ...