Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1976 - Getty On an early summer’s day in 1973, while waiting for the last of his bandmates to arrive for ...

Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas and Patrick Dempsey have taken on many iconic roles over the past two decades — but their Sweet Home Alabama characters remain some of their most memorable. Following its ...

Very few Americans would have trouble recognizing the opening notes of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s iconic anthem, “Sweet Home Alabama.” And when they do recognize it, they typically “turn it up,” as the singer ...

“Sweet Home Alabama” is a Southern rock classic, and rightly so. Alabama people aren’t surprised to hear Lynyrd Skynyrd’s familiar anthem playing in bars, at football games, in supermarkets, in ...

It’s been 50 years since Ronnie Van Zant first implored listeners to turn it up and sing songs about the Southland. "Sweet Home Alabama,” which would certainly be the signature song of any band that ...