In 1969, The Who bet everything on a double-album rock opera about a pinball-playing messiah. Here’s how 'Tommy' silenced the ...

The chilling sci-fi warning that conquered radio waves while Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.

In July 1969, the world watched in utter fascination as the Apollo 11 mission successfully landed American astronauts on the ...

Bubblegum pop perfectly captured the sunny sound of the late '60s and early '70s. These four one-hit wonders still hold up so many decades later.

Abbey Road Side Two: how a prodigiously inventive suite of orchestral polish and studio wit provided the blueprint for ...

Beloved animated characters may have represented the musicians behind this hit, but the artists' saccharine song went on to dominate the charts in 1969.

The punk godfather whipped through a 13-song greatest hits set full of timeless favorites like “The Passenger” and “Raw Power” that have been a huge part of the backbone of an event like Riot Fest.

Weary of the heartthrob label after his 1996 hit “Barely Breathing,” he pivoted to musical theater and won two Tonys for composing “Spring Awakening.” ...

Fifty-seven years ago, pop vocal group The 5th Dimension released “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” a song that topped the Billboard Hot 100 and became a defining generational hit. Released on March 3, ...

The "Laurel Pop Festival 1969" held over two days, July 11–12, 1969, at the Laurel Race Course in Maryland. Held just about a month before the historic "Woodstock" event, this festival is a hidden ...

A lot of pop songs in 1969 still clung to the sound of the 1960s. Some other pop hits, though, were already stepping foot into the 1970s. Let’s dive into just a few pop songs from 1969 that really ...