Walt Aldridge’s name might not be one most modern country music fans know, but they probably should because there’s a good ...
Pop vocal trio the Bee Gees performing at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, January, 1979. The 1970s were an eclectic time for music and cultural ...
There is no denying the Commodores’ 1977 self-titled album was a huge success at the time and a harbinger of even bigger things to come. It was their first album to reach the Top 10 of the Billboard ...
Everybody knows how George Harrison started the '70s: His seven-times platinum international chart-topping triple album All Things Must Pass reeled off the No. 1 "My Sweet Lord" in the wake of the ...
The fickle nature of pop music ensures that even the finest artists only enjoy a finite window of success when it comes to hit singles. Nobody in music history stretched that theory to its limits ...
John Lennon had a knack for stand-alone Top 40 songs: Five of his trips to Billboard's main singles chart weren't part of any original album. Included are songs that became incredibly well-known ...
The best-selling album of the 1970s, according to the folks at Billboard, was “Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)” by the Eagles, a collection of singles. But don’t be misled. Fueled by the rise of FM ...