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On this day in 1982, Chicago's "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" started its 2 week run at #1 on the US singles chart. Here is a live performance of the track from 2003.

On this day, Ray Charles started recording for the first time for Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records. At the time, Ertegun bought out Ray Charles from Swingtime label for $2,500. Here is Ray Charles playing the first record Ertegun...

Despite their dark undertones, Depeche Mode hit the mainstream with surprisingly upbeat and undeniably catchy tracks that have made them one of the most popular electronic bands of all time.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, former Warner Bros. Records executive and industry insider Stan Cornyn ruminates on the past, present, and future of the music business. 1977 It’d been ages since Warner/Reprise had waded through comedy hits, back in the Sixties...

On this day in 1964, "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks started at #1 on the UK singles chart. In its original recording, future Led Zeppelin founder and guitarist Jimmy Page played the tambourine on the track. Enjoy the...

In the early 1970s, rumors floated around the lunatic fringe that the dude making records under the name “Bob Dylan” was not in fact Bob Dylan. The real Dylan had died in that 1966 motorcycle accident and an imposter had...

On this day in 1975, Rod Stewart's version of "Sailing" hit #1 on the UK singles chart. Here is Rod Stewart performing "Sailing" in 2007 at the Embley Stadium as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales.

How many ways did we hate Grand Funk Railroad? Overpromoted by their manager/producer, former artist Terry Knight, they could not possibly live up to the hype. And they didn't. Supposedly they stole the show at the Atlanta Pop Festival, in...

Every Tuesday and Thursday, former Warner Bros. Records executive and industry insider Stan Cornyn ruminates on the past, present, and future of the music business. It Takes a While It was 1961, and a bunch of us from Warner Bros...