Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The song, penned by McCartney and his wife, appeared on the 1976 album Wings at the Speed of Sound. Released on April 1, 1976, ...

One of the most iconic rock stars of the 1970s spent almost that entire decade battling in court off and on over his biggest solo hit song ever. On November 28, 1970, George Harrison's "My Sweet ...

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 ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. Before Billboard charts, before ...

Hit-Boy. Has there ever been a name more fitting for an artist? Since the late 2000s, the producer has been behind some of the most recognizable hits in rap music. Hailing from Southern California, he ...

Johnston wrote “I Write The Songs” during a several-year hiatus from The Beach Boys in the 1970s. Manilow didn’t initially record the song when he was presented with it, because he was worried that ...

The United States may feel like it’s on the brink of a civil war led by its own government, but one thing Americans seem to agree on in our nation’s bisesquicentennial year is the peaceful, easy ...

The best 80s songs do more than trigger nostalgia, they still light up dance floors, karaoke nights, and streaming playlists. These ten tracks keep hitting because their hooks, stories, and cultural ...

PEOPLE FIRST started bopping to “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” in 1958. They have done so every December since. Yet it was not until 2023—exactly 65 years later—that the song topped the charts.

In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll be doing 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015, and I’ll be ranking every ...