On This Day in 1957, Buddy Holly Went to No. 1 with a John Wayne-Inspired Classic
On this day (September 23) in 1957, Buddy Holly and the Crickets topped the Billboard Best-Sellers in Stores…
3 Rock and Roll Songs From 1963 That Sound Even Better Today
Rock music as we know it today started its early evolution in the early 1960s. Hard rock, metal,…
4 80s Classic Rock Songs That I Still Can’t Help but Jam Out To
There’s a reason why 80s songs have become popular karaoke jams. The decade‘s biggest tracks, with their clever…
3 Classic Rockers From the 90s Who Wrote Songs for Other Artists
The 1990s were loud. It seemed like everywhere you looked, there was a guitar blasting a big chord…
Priscilla Presley, Robert Kardashian were in bed and Elvis called
Priscilla Presley didn’t tell Elvis that Robert Kardashian was in her bedroom. He’d ‘have gone ballistic, maybe literally.’…
Revisiting the 1975 Grammys’ Album of the Year
Nobody ever said that a Grammy voter’s job was going to be easy. To be fair to them,…
3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1990s With Tragic Backstories
The 1990s really do seem like the era for one-hit wonders. A lot of great musicians and bands…
The Long, Expensive Journey of Paul McCartney’s “Hey Jude” Recording Notes (And How They Got to Their Rightful Owner)
The process of inheriting family heirlooms doesn’t work in quite the same way when someone in that family…
3 Classic Rock Songs That Make Going Back to School Easier
It’s that time of year. Fall means back-to-school season. It’s time to sharpen your No. 2 pencils (do…
On This Day in 2024, We Said Goodbye to JD Souther—the Pen Behind Your Favorite Linda Rondstadt and Eagles Classics
September 17, 2024, was a sad day for the music community. On this date, one year ago, singer…
10 Years After Dylan Went Electric, The Beach Boys Were Struggling To Do the Same Thing
We often associate Bob Dylan the most strongly with the transition from acoustic to electric in the 1960s,…
On This Day in 1973, Led Zeppelin Released a Divisive Reggae Track That Was Born From a Rehearsal Jam (And a Wife Joke)
Led Zeppelin was no stranger to criticism by the time they released their fifth studio album, Houses of…