The year 1971 was an unusually successful year for songwriting. Here's what made that landmark year so special.

While the British Invasion is known for producing rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s, these are three British Invasion bands ...

Everybody has a story to tell. Folk singers like Bob Dylan and Nanci Griffith just tend to tell stories better than most.

Loverboy scored with a bevy of hits throughout the 80s. These five songs by the Canadian band did the best in the US.

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George Harrison and some friends gathered at Abbey Road Studios to record a song for 'Sgt. Pepper' that didn't feature any ...

Old 97's are one of the longest-running bands of the alt-country movement. Songs like "Rollerskate Skinny" explain their ...

These four songs were all hits by Bruce Springsteen in the 80s, but are so good, they are worth being remade today.

Before she became a generational talent, Joni Mitchell was an obscure folk songwriter playing around Greenwich Village.

In hindsight, Bob Dylan wondered if he went too far with his use of extended metaphor in his 1975 track, "Idiot Wind".

Carl Smith, June Carter's first husband and a country music star in his own right, was born March 15, 1927, in Maynardville, Tennessee.

Neil Young once made Dolly Parton crack up over the phone when he told her he had "no idea" what her favorite song of his was ...