The 1960s were a great era for music. Beatlemania took over the world, Chubby Checker inspired a dance craze, and Nancy Sinatra sent girls flocking to buy go-go boots. In 1964, Motown Records—which ...

You could look to just about any time in music history, and the phrase “all things old are new again” would make sense. Old styles and old songs have a way of popping back up when you least expect ...

The soft rock power ballad still resonates with fans.

In 1976, record shoppers knew what they liked – the Eagles and Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan – and they bought it in droves. Only 11 different albums reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 ...

The 1970s were a tumultuous time, full of upheaval on many fronts, from the end of the Vietnam War to the dawn of personal computers. It makes sense that its music had a similar helter-skelter feel.

A warm, nostalgic TV theme song unexpectedly became one of the biggest hits in America during the bicentennial era.