A Biography of Al Green by Jimmy McDonough, and the popularity of Green’s recordings on reissue CD’s and streaming outlets, it’s appropriate to display a 2004 interview I initially conduced for HITS ...

Neil Sedaka's legacy as one of the most influential pop songwriters in the early days of rock and roll still remains strong. Here is why.

The singer and songwriter, who died on Friday at 86, gave voice to teenage dreams, then executed one of music’s most unexpected comebacks.

Chicago Cabaret Professionals will present the popular Musical Mondays series at The Rhapsody Theater starting March 23, 2026 ...

Daily Dirt for Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026 A lot of great memories — and music — with today’s selections … Welcome to today’s ...

Today also marks the highly anticipated release of “The Thrill Is Gone” featuring music icons Chaka Khan & Eric ...

The year before punk broke, rock’s old guard made a strong, pressing stand. But as the UCR staff-selected list below of the Top 40 Songs of 1976 shows, the music that dominated headlines at the end of ...

What were the big rock radio songs of 1996? Let's take a closer look. So join us as we revisit 40 of the biggest rock radio songs of 1996. Each of the entries on this list were all charted Top 5 on ...

Tennessee's country music queen is celebrating a milestone birthday. Parton was born Jan. 19, 1946 in a one-room cabin in Sevierville, Tennessee, as the fourth of 12 children. Since starting her music ...

This may be hard to believe, but Helen Folasade Adu—known to the world as Sade —turned 67 on Friday (Jan. 16)! The Nigerian-born bombshell, who was raised in London, has spent decades commanding ...

Today (January 16), the late, beautiful singer Aaliyah Haughton would have turned 47. Although “Baby Girl’s” untimely death was during the peak of her music and acting career, the songstress left an ...

Billy Joel gave his fans a New Year's surprise and paid a band that covers his music the ultimate compliment, sitting in with it for a few songs at Wellington's 30th birthday bash on Jan. 2. Joel, who ...