It hit the top of the Billboard charts in January 1972, stayed there a month, and finished ’72 as the number three song for ...

House Of The Rising Sun” may be known by several 1960s and 1970s iterations, but it’s far from a mid-20th-century song. The roots of this particular traditional folk song have been traced back to the ...

A century ago popular music was playing instruments in the parlor with your friends. Aren’t you glad for recordings? Here’s a ...

The chart visualizes two recordings of the English folk song “Scarborough Fair”—one sung, one spoken—by Patrick Savage, a study author and participant. The song unfolds at around half the ...

For example there's English folk music ... Ballads were a popular kind of folk music. These were folk songs which told a story of love or myths. Sometimes there was a short chorus after each ...

The melody for this popular carol is an old English folk song, and the lyrics date to at least the early 18th century. But the sacred symbolism of holly and ivy extends even further back into ...