The Monkees changed their genre when they released a new song in the 1980s — and that could have been a disaster.

“Blinding Lights” led ( LED ?) the Hot 100 for four weeks in 2020, logged a record 57-week in the top 10 and charted for a ...

These four one-hit wonders defined their genres when they were released, and are still considered classics in those genres today.

While he had a great run of songs with The Beatles, most of Paul McCartney's big solo songs were boring or terrible.

When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...

Sam Moore, who was the higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave, influenced musicians including Michael Jackson, Al Green and ...

On Tuesday, Jan. 7, legendary hitmaker Neil Sedaka, 85, shared a video on TikTok of himself singing a duet of his 1962 song ...

After seeing Ramones play in New Jersey in 1979, Bruce Springsteen wrote a song for the New York punks, but was advised not ...

Rounding back to the 1980s, I requested Rush’s Tom Sawyer – another favorite Dolby Atmos mix – and the song’s dynamic drums ...

Brenton Wood, the singer and songwriter behind hits like "The Oogum Boogum Song" and "Gimme Little Sign," has died at age 83.