The son of Roy Ayers reflects on his father's iconic song "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" as a cultural touchstone and the ...

Forty years after its release, Peter Gabriel’s So remains one of the defining albums of the 1980s, blending art rock, soul and world music into a global commercial breakthrough.

Forty-six years ago today, Alabama released the nostalgia-inspired song that kicked off a monumental run at No. 1 for the ...

Along with The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, the Grammy-winner made some of the greatest pop ever. But success never seemed ...

Sometimes, music is a great medium for being sad. These country ballads from the 1980s will definitely help you get some ...

A cradle of American music, whose famed legacy exists, sometimes uneasily but often serendipitously, alongside a ...

The hit transformed from a deeply personal ballad into one of the defining rock anthems of the 1980s.

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In songs like “Slip Away” and “Back Door Santa,” he performed with the fervor of a backwoods preacher and the bawdy humor of ...

These singers dominated music in the 80s, but today many young people barely recognize their names and biggest hits ...