Billboard's Makin' Tracks column highlights the writing and recording process behind Preston Cooper's "One for the Road." ...

Elton John transformed into a global superstar thanks to one out-of-this-world song. Revisit the story behind the writing of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nashville Songwriters Association International Executive Director Bart Herbison sat down with J.T. Harding and Uncle Kracker ...

You’ll probably be surprised to learn that the song “MacArthur Park” is simply about a breakup involving the song’s writer, ...

When Nashville songwriter Dan Wilson wrote the song "Closing Time" for his band Semisonic back in the late 1990s, it started out as simply an idea for a new song to close out the group's live set.

The song was co-written by Keith Follese and Rick Ferrell. Tim McGraw recorded the song, but it wasn't supposed to make the album, or be a single. The song spurred McGraw fans to wear white T-shirts ...

The Story Behind the Song Bob Dylan Once Called the ‘Greatest Ever Written’ originally appeared on Parade. Bob Dylan has called “Wichita Lineman,” the 1968 song written by Jimmy Webb and recorded by ...

Did you know Chappell Roan drew inspiration for her hit song Pink Pony Club from The Pink Cadillac, the name of a hot-pink strip club in her Missouri hometown? Or that Fountains of Wayne's song ...

The musical variety show—which also gave Dolly Parton her first big career break—almost always featured Wagoner and other notable guests performing a gospel song toward the end of the program.

Nashville Songwriters Association International Executive Director Bart Herbison sat down with J.T. Harding and Uncle Kracker (born Matthew Shafer) to talk about the song they wrote with Blair Daly ...