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Are you a fan of 1970s country music? You’re not alone there. That decade was such a great one for country tunes, and there were a lot of songs in the genre that were released in 1976, specifically, ...
Arena rock had a heyday in the '80s. Below, revisit three songs released in 1976 that foreshadowed the arena rock craze.
Fleetwood Mac's "Silver Springs" — long a fan favorite but never officially pushed as a single — debuts on multiple charts in ...
Henry Vaccaro's decades-long legal fight has left him owner of 74 rarely heard songs by Michael Jackson and his family. He ...
Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass and other artists who defined the Sound of Philadelphia. Now, as a professor of ethnic ...
A Beatles No. 1 became a defining hit, yet the inspiration behind Come Together eventually brought John Lennon into legal ...
The Broadway revival, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, was transformative. Here’s what to know about the show, and the movie.
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Kenny Rogers scored the defining hit of his career when he released “The Gambler” in 1978, but he was not the first artist to record the song. Another well-known star cut it before him, and another ...
From the opening riff of "Born to Be Wild" to the layered guitars of "More Than a Feeling," these ten songs don't just play, ...