The '60s were a pivotal time for music. The decade began with poppy girl groups and crooners and went on to create what we now know as classic rock. And of course, no discussion of the time is ...

Discover the powerful 1960s songs of peace and love that brought people together during turbulent times. These timeless anthems still inspire unity and harmony today.

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. I grew up with older relatives who constantly reminisced ...

Since this Sunday is Valentine's Day, my wife suggested I do a Valentine's Day "Acoustic Sunday" ("Acoustic Sunday" is my radio show) full of love songs. I told her, with tongue in cheek, I wasn't ...

Most 80s fans know Soft Cell hit big with "Tainted Love". But you might not know the wild journey the song took to reach that point.

Music legend Neil Sedaka proved that some of his best performances happen away from the spotlight when he shared a ...

On Dec. 9, 1964, saxophonist John Coltrane, bassist Jimmy Garrison, pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones assembled at Englewood Cliffs, N.J.’s Van Gelder Studio. That one-day session became a ...

In 1971, a teen idol scored a three-week stint at the top of the Billboard charts with a song first recorded in the early ...

It’s never a bad time to be influenced by Chaka Khan, but this feels like an exceptionally great moment to call back to her. Records like Beyoncé’s disco/house masterpiece “Renaissance” and Sabrina ...