In 1972, a song turned one of the greatest tragedies in the music business into a No. 1 hit, capturing the essence of loss into an 8-minute masterpiece. “American Pie” by Don McLean topped the charts ...

The O'Jays scuffled about the music scene for 15 years. After a label switch, they rode the "Love Train" right to the top.

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In 1980, when the Police were working on their third album, Sting was thinking about nonsense.

In 1972, Karen and Richard Carpente r's music and voices were used by NASA to wake their astronauts on duty. In a document ...

Janis Joplin’s talent was always likely to make its way through to the mainstream. Like any artist, however, the mercurial ...

Nashville Predators' Michael McCarron would pay $100 to hear "Rocky Top" on Broadway.

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The moon landing! Royal weddings! Janet Jackson’s $550,000 nipple! As television turns 100, we charts its journey from terrifyingly dangerous to the thing that unites us ...

A Beatle, some Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, and most of all, Peter Frampton all had records top the charts in 1976.

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The celebrated Sundance Film Festival, opening Thursday in Park City, Utah, includes films starring Natalie Portman, Olivia ...