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45 years ago today, Chicago finally decided to take it easy on themselves, releasing the first single album of their career. That’s right: up to this point, Chicago had been so darned prolific with their collective songwriting acumen that their...

It was six decades ago this past spring that Atlantic Records kicked off a little something called the Rock & Roll series, wherein the label would compile collections of hit singles from the greatest new artists of the day. To...

As you surely must know by now, this year marks the 60th anniversary of Stax Records – we’ve mentioned it before, and we’ve also made a point of hyping how we’ve teamed with the fine folks at the Concord Music...

When reeling off high-profile, top-selling rock bands of the ‘00s, it’s hard to get too far into any such list without mentioning Nickelback, but that’s the sort of thing that happens when you start racking up platinum-selling albums one after...

If you know your jazz, then you probably know the name “Lee Morgan.” If you don’t know his name, then now’s the time to learn. Morgan was one of the greatest trumpeters ever to play the instrument, and he found...

Today marks the date of Robbie Robertson’s initial arrival date on this planet, which is a day worth celebrating for anyone who’s ever enjoyed a song by The Band. Lest we forget, however, Robertson’s also maintained a solo career over...

50 years ago today, The Association were sitting atop the Billboard Hot 100 with a Ruthann Friedman composition that would be eventually be danced to by the Sex Pistols and serve as the soundtrack to the opening moments of an...

When it comes to the two gentlemen who sang “Soul Man” and “Hold On I’m Comin’,” you know their first names, but how much else do you really know about Sam and Dave? We’re here to provide you with at...

39 years ago today, the Buzzcocks released a stop-gap single which proved to be their highest-charting single up to that point in their career. Produced by the band and regular collaborated Martin Rushent, “Love You More” was another of the...