Lloyd Price's 1958 hit 'Stagger Lee' told the story of a real-life killing—but the upbeat rock and roll track still climbed to No. 1 on the charts in 1959.
Even though Bruce Springsteen never served in the military, he knew the importance of the servicemen when looking back on his own history.
In a moment sure to make millennials feel old, one of the mega R&B hits of the 90s just turned 30 today. The year was 1996, ...
These four classic rock songs from 1977 are so good, they are worth listening to over and over again, even decades later.
Released under their fifth studio album, Bigger Than Both of Us, “Rich Girl” became the band’s first song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. At the end of the year, Billboard ranked the Hall & ...
Echoing Radiohead's objections to ICE's use of their music, Sabrina Carpenter likewise condemned the use of her song Juno in a video featuring immigrants being arrested and taken into custody. "This ...
A 1977 song from a legendary artist has officially been named the best classic rock song of all time. Here’s which track claimed the top spot — and why it ignited a passionate debate.
Trump video featuring their song "Let Down" that commemorates victims of alleged illegal immigrant violence, calling agency officials "amateurs." ...
A song that was released 63 years ago helped reshape rock music and pop culture forever. The Beach Boys’ 1963 classic, “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” transformed the band’s trajectory, ignited surf rock into a ...
Rock music, particularly hard rock and jazz rock, was enjoying quite a time in the year 1982. Let’s take a look at just a ...
The February roundup of our punk column ‘In Defense of the Genre’ includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a list of the best songs of the month.
America could be a turbulent, paranoid, often violent place. These 23 songs soundtrack those dark, strange times ...