What a strange year 1974 was in pop music. A total of 23 different albums reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. And sure, there were some expected presences: Paul McCartney and John Lennon both ...

Quincy Jones, the late legendary producer, songwriter and composer extraordinaire, returns to the top of a Billboard chart for the first time since his death on Nov. 3, 2024, thanks to his production ...

If you’re surprised to see Paul McCartney on this list of country songs from 1974, imagine the shock the masses got that year when the former Beatle started to chart on the Hot Country Singles chart ...

UMe’s announcement today that it is reissuing Ringo Starr’s first four solo albums on colored vinyl on Oct. 24 puts a spotlight on his celebrated 1973 album Ringo, which enabled him to set three ...

In the last six decades, many one-hit wonders have blessed our ears, and we've rounded up the top 57 in the US. While some of ...

Summertime, and the listening is easy, songs are rockin’ and the volume is high. Which is to say, it’s time to talk about songs of summers past. Songs of the summer anchor us in a time and place. You ...

Fifty-one years ago today, Dolly Parton was atop the country chart with a single that would help define her aesthetic for decades to come.

Elvis Presley ’s final studio album includes a cover of a huge 1973 hit for Olivia Newton-John. The track shows how the King ...

If you got to hear these hit songs in 1974 on the day they were released, it was probably an insanely euphoric experience.

The 1970s was a tumultuous time, full of upheaval on many fronts, from the end of the Vietnam War to the dawn of personal computers. It makes sense that its music had a similar helter-skelter feel.