These disco one-hit wonders have a lot of staying power, decades after the 1970s (and the age of disco) came to an end.
"'Rooms on Fire' is about a girl who goes through a life like I have gone through," said Stevie Nicks about her 1989 track.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of 'Saturday Night Live', Paul McCartney offered a powerful performance of 'Abbey Road' classics.
Singing is an art form. And people spend hours and days and weeks and lifetimes trying to master it. To get that right note, to get that right range, that perfect vocal dexterity and delivery. But ...
The spellbinding, sometimes brutally evocative lyrics of "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday, describes lynchings in the American South.
To keep the spirit of the Grammys going, here’s a look back at some of the most shocking moments from the 2011 Grammys, which sent ripples through the music industry and posed some important questions ...
Dusty Springfield had already proven herself as a master of the chirping pop track and the dramatic torch song. But taking a crack at sultry American soul seemed like a stretch, with even Springfield ...
Soul ballads weren’t exactly burning up the charts with regularity circa 1986. Nobody told Gregory Abbott, however, which is a good thing, because he went ahead with “Shake You Down” anyway and walked ...
The many chapters of Marianne Faithfull’s life embody both reinvention and survival. In what became one of her defining songs, the late singer and actress tells the tale of a woman attempting to ...
Chris Stapleton and Dale Earnhardt Jr. partnered to create the No. 40 Traveller Whiskey Chevrolet to run in the Daytona 500.
There’s no hard-and-fast rule that says yacht rock songs have to come from artists who’ve released music exclusively within the genre. Occasionally, an act dabbled in the soft-rocking style without ...
Gene "Groove" Allen, a rapper and actor, died suddenly on Feb. 12 at his home. His daughter confirmed the tragic news.