5 Rock Genres Left For Dead — Then Brought Back To Life
Rock 'n' roll will never die, and to prove it, subgenres like prog rock, shoegaze, garage rock, and these others that faded from the mainstream have come back.
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5 Nearly Perfect Bee Gees Songs That Should Be Required Listening For Younger Generations
If you're just now discovering the Bee Gees, here are five must-listen songs, including "Trafalgar" and "You Win Again," to get you up to speed.
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Bands That Transformed Their Legacy With A New Member
From singers who revived a stagnating group to replacement drummers who hit harder than anyone before, these musicians transformed the bands they joined.
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5 Wholesome '60s Classics That'll Take Boomers Back To Their First Crush
These sweet, sincere classics from the Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Sonny & Cher, and more will stir memories of puppy love in music fans of a certain age.
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5 Flop Solo Careers That Have Earned Respect From Younger Generations
It only took a couple of decades, but artists like Big Star and Nick Drake, whose records flopped, found respect from younger audiences in later generations.
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The Most Unexpected Career Moves In Music History
Musicians get bored, have secondary interests, and hear the whispers of mischievous demons like anyone else, and sometimes they make unexpected career moves.
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The No. 1 Song On June 24, 1979 Sounds So Much Cooler Today
The No. 1 song on June 24, 1979 has become the unofficial anthem for whenever someone gets changed and dances while looking at themselves in the mirror.
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5 ABBA Songs That Prove 1976 Was The Best Year Of Their Career
Two years after their 1974 Eurovision win, ABBA ruled the charts with "Mamma Mia" and defied expectations with songs like "Fernando" and "Money, Money, Money."
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Musical Prodigies Who Recorded No. 1 Hits Before Turning 20
Talented kids are nothing new, and the proof is in this list of musical prodigies whose songs hit the top of the Billboard chart while they were still teens.
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5 John Denver Songs That Capture The Free Spirit Of A Cross-Country Road Trip
With a cross-country trip before you — the wide fields and tall mountains of America — Denver's free-spirited music is the perfect soundtrack.
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5 Female Rockers Who Launched Legendary Solo Careers After Leaving Their Bands
These female rock stars, such as Cher and Joan Jett, got their start in groups, but they soon outgrew them and went on to legendary success as solo artists.
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5 Classic Albums That Define '90s Shoegaze
These five albums from Cocteau Twins, Slowdive, Drop Nineteens, and more helped establish the conventions of the alternative-rock genre known as shoegaze.
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In 1970, The Jackson 5's Ballad Shot To No. 1 — 22 Years Later, A Superstar Gave It A Hit Encore
The Jackson 5 were on a roll when they scored their fourth No. 1 hit in a row in 1970. The same song hit No. 1 for a superstar 22 years later.
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John Denver's Secret Backup Singer On This 1975 Soft Rock Hit Was A Star With Her Own No. 1s
A very famous singer sang a duet with John Denver in 1975, but she wasn't credited. Still, the two had a musical connection, and it came through in the song.
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Johnny Cash's Spin On This Story-Song Fell Flat — In 1978, Kenny Rogers Took It To No. 1
In 1978, Kenny Rogers had a No. 1 hit with a song that's now a country classic. He recorded it after Johnny Cash, but many may not even know Cash's version.
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The Greatest Self-Taught Musicians In Rock History
From playing with one-stringed ukuleles to learning chords from a book, some of history's greatest rock stars skipped music class and went straight to playing.
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Fictional Bands That Scored Real Billboard Hits
As we've seen through the years, even a band that doesn't exist in real life can pull off the magic of making a hit song loved by the world.
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The 5 Best Bee Gees Songs That Aren't Stayin' Alive Or How Deep Is Your Love
The Bee Gees' catalog is full of lesser-known songs that saw the group experimenting with a variety of genres both before and after the disco era.
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The Final Performance Of These Legendary Acts
The most legendary acts had quite a run, but even for them, the party had to wind down eventually, culminating in one final show.
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5 John Denver Songs That Prove 1974 Was The Best Year Of His Career
John Denver's 1974 album "Back Home Again" gave us both chart-topping hits like "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and deep cuts like "This Old Guitar."
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5 Songs That Prove 1976 Was The Decade's Best Year For Outlaw Country
In the '70s, country artists such as Willie Nelson shed the restrictive Nashville sound and created outlaw country, and these songs prove 1976 was its peak.
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Legendary Groups That Started As Somebody Else's Backup Band
Everyone has to start somewhere, and even legendary groups like the Beatles and Toto got their first shot at stardom playing in another artist's shadow.
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5 Disco Songs That Transport Boomers Right Back To Their First Dance Club Moment
These songs, including Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and Van McCoy's "The Hustle," were the soundtrack to many boomers' first ventures into the dance club.
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5 Backup Singers Who Actually Carried These Classic No. 1 Hits
Some very famous back up singers were featured on songs like "Somebody's Watching Me" and "Money For Nothing," and their contributions carried the songs.
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The Most Eye-Watering Sums Musicians Have Ever Been Paid For Their Catalogs
Several wealthy music rights agencies have snapped up the potentially income-generating catalogs for a number of rock and pop stars.
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'70s High School Hits With Supremely Singable Lyrics
One thing all genres and song formats can do is make you want to sing along, and high schoolers loved to sing these songs in the '70s.
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At Just 23, Joni Mitchell Penned One Of The Most-Covered Songs In Folk Rock History
Joni Mitchell's thoughtful and powerful lyrics made her songs beloved, and one that she wrote at the age of 23 is the most-covered song in folk-rock history.
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