This list from Martin Popoff brings back memories of those fierce songs you discovered by bands who rarely rocked out.

Many, many people have covered "Blue Christmas," including but not limited to: the Beach Boys, Billy Idol, Sheryl Crow and ...

Elton composed bespoke music with killer hooks and elegant plumage, crafting songs that fit him to a T, delivering them with falsetto flourishes and barrelhouse piano runs. On top of it all ...

The top country songs of 2024 prove that country music — especially traditional country music — is in very good hands. A full 25 percent of the Top 40 songs from this year are by artists who ...

Robbie Williams’ “Forbidden Road” was removed from the 2025 Oscar shortlist for best original song on the grounds that it ...

With so many constant releases in Latin music, it can sometimes feel hard to keep up — but lots of songs rose from the din and stood out this year. Some of the best ones were new inventions ...

The second-oldest of the popular 1970's family band "Osmonds" died Wednesday at age 73 in Salt Lake City, his family ...

Early in the 1900s, Billboard presented charts detailing the popularity of sheet music in the U.S. In July 1940, Billboard unveiled its first chart ranking the sales of recorded songs, the 10 ...

Though Christmas songs still rule the airwaves ... in Yiddish by Boston’s renowned Klezmer Conservatory Band. No, this 1973 single from the “American Pie” singer-songwriter isn’t a ...

To our ears, the best cover songs go beyond an artist performing a ... oft-recorded Jackson Browne tune than Gregg Allman on his 1973 solo debut album, Laid Back. In turn, Browne gave Allman ...

2024 was a historic year for music, with Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” tying Lil Nas X’s record for longest-running Billboard Hot 100 No. 1. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” put the ...

Released in December 1973, it peaked at number 34 in the UK, number 36 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 9 in Canada, and in the top ten across numerous other countries, eventually selling over a ...