Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are the biggest songwriters you've never heard of, penning over 70 chart hits and establishing ...

The 1950s saw some of the biggest stars in country music getting their start. Here are four that deserve more modern ...

Eye of the Tiger by Survivor is best known as the theme song to the 1982 film Rocky III (or as many casual moviegoers know it ...

Legendary tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin released his first solo album on the Blue Note label in January 1957. Containing both the fast-paced work for which Griffin became known and some more ...

The peak of the muscle car era intersected with the explosion of rock-n-roll in the United States, spanning the period from the 1950s through the 1970s. The nexus of the car song craze is likely ...

Earlier this month, the song was performed at the first game of the season ... It became associated with the Civil Rights ...

This list is updated monthly with new “Best of the Year”–worthy songs. Whoever invented the phrase “dog days of summer” clearly never thought of 2024’s seasonal music onslaught.

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Benny Golson, one of the most accomplished tenor saxophonists and composers of the 1950s hard bop era, passed away1.

Mimis Plessas was not just a composer; he was a phenomenon who transformed music into deep emotion and a source of ...

Corita (Sister Mary) Kent 1918-1986 "One Must Not Cut Oneself Off From The World," 1967 Screenprint in colors on paper ...

Ian Edmundson recalls a memorable encounter with James Earl Jones at Manistee airport, inspiring a song by Ben Folds Five ...