Wytheville came as close to seeing The Beatles as is humanly possible with the November 16 Millwald Theatre performance by ...

In 1964, Willie Nelson made his Grand Ole Opry debut. Also in 1964, “Leader of the Pack” by The Shangri-Las hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 1974, John Lennon performed in concert for ...

In 1964, the Arkansas Razorbacks football team went undefeated and were voted national champions after a Cotton Bowl victory ...

These include A-listers such as Berry Gordy, the late Ronnie Spector and Smokey Robinson who says: “They were the first white ...

A look back at the Minnesotan who inspired more than one of his songs and how the state's cold spring inspired another.

How did one neighborhood become the locus for generations of musical invention, from Dylan to Nina Simone? A new book has some answers ...

Only about one-fifth of high school boys have had their ... Japan has been grappling with a low birth rate for many years now. The number of births in Japan for the first half of this year ...

In 1964, a young composer named Terry Riley was on his way to work ... “I had a kind of idea of how it should sound, but to ...

Few artists have legacies so mammoth their very name could be considered synonymous with the music industry, but then again, ...

Tom Paxton wrote many of the anthems of the 1960s and 70s. Now at 87, he's decided not to tour anymore after next Memorial Day in May.

1964: Frank Sinatra ... bigger-feelings track. What songs are more immediately recognizable? An elongated drum and bass lick introduce “Billie Jean,” one of the great genre-averse pop ...