Dolly Parton, George Jones, Alabama, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kenny Rogers are shining stars in country music history. And 1980 was a climatic year of career-making songs for each of them.

Paul McCartney's “Wonderful Christmastime” rises to a new all-time high on the Hot 100, decades after it was released.

John Lennon didn’t always like Paul McCartney’s songs, but he praised one of Paul’s solo hits from the early 1980s. Sadly, the track John liked sounds like it was performed by Kermit the Frog.

Singer Rod Stewart, who helped British rock conquer the world with a string of megahits, turns 80 on Friday -- with no plans to slow down.

At the age of 22, Metz took a bold step and moved to Los Angeles with dreams of becoming an actress and singer. The 44-year-old star revealed to Very Well Mind that she suffered physical and emotional ...

She has hits with songs like "Paper Roses" and served as a spokesperson for Florida orange juice before her career came ...

Anita Bryant, a singer and an anti-gay activist, passed away at the age of 84 on December 16, 2024. Her family announced the ...

Sam Moore, who has died aged 89, was one half of Sam & Dave, the duo who in the late 1960s had such imperishable hits as Soul Man and Hold On, I’m Coming.

Mark LeVine is a longtime contributor to Afropop Worldwide, also a scholar, musician and author of numerous books. Here, he reviews Rikki Stein's memoir, Moving Music. Afropop's Banning Eyre recently ...

The Stylistics’ Airrion Love says it’s been easy to stay passionate about music during the Philadelphia soul group’s 54 years ...

Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter who was one-third of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86, his representative confirmed to ABC News.

Released on August 5, 1985, the lead single of Kate’s fifth studio album made it to number three on the UK’s singles chart at ...