Some of the greatest songs in country music history were released or rose to popularity in 1967. While plenty of tracks from the late 1960s have stood the test of time, these did more than that. These ...

In 1957, Richard Berry released a song he had written two years earlier with his band, the Pharaohs. “Louie Louie” was a song about a sailor pining for his girlfriend in Jamaica. After its release, ...

Taylor Swift has nothing to prove at this point. She is, as they say, the “music industry.” With hundreds of songwriting credits, significant accolades, sold-out concert tours, and an undeniable ...

A recent tiff between underground rap promo pages has sparked an impassioned online debate about the definition of “gimmick rappers” over the past week. Most of it is boring and wrapped up in ...

The Seattle Mariners are one of the hottest teams in Major League Baseball, with the team off to their best 36-game start since 2003. That means a lot of happy fans singing “Louie Louie.” Wait, what?

Freddie McClendon spoke about his father on the show. An "American Idol" contestant brought a personal story to his audition that moved the judges Sunday night. Freddie McClendon appeared on Sunday's ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You know that feeling when you just can’t get a song out of your head—just a short part of it playing over and over?

"Every guest I spoke to told me they were either close to tears or outright crying. You could feel the love and emotion in the air," the bride tells PEOPLE Courtesy of Bertie Ocampo Filipino composer ...

The Native American Church is considered the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America. It holds sacred the peyote cactus, which grows naturally only in some ...

Native American Church members in Texas have long used peyote in prayer and during religious ceremonies. But believers and academics now say there's a shortage of the bluish-green plant, best known ...

Milton “Mike” Korgan, who produced one of the 20th century’s most celebrated songs — “Louie Louie” — died Tuesday. He was known to many by his professional name Ken Chase. He was 85. Korgan was ...

HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish ...