Songwriters are the unsung heroes of the musical world. While plenty of artists and bands write their own material, just as many use songwriters to write or co-write the tracks that would propel them ...

A lot of great songs from the 1980s were banned, pulled, or silenced, but became megahits regardless of their controversy.

“Strike a pose” commands the Queen of Pop at the outset of one of her most recognisable singles. Yet Madonna’s perennial dancefloor-summoning monolith Vogue was originally rustled up as the cheap ...