There was a December when we didn’t scroll for music. We just turned on the radio and let the station decide. Billboard told the stations what people were buying and requesting, so when a Christmas ...

And for that, we can thank Gordon Lightfoot. Recorded in December 1975 — mere weeks after the ship had sunk — and released ...

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What constituted as scandalous in the 1950s might seem laughably tame today, but it was enough to seriously threaten the careers of mainstream stars like Elvis Presley. Just one year earlier, the ...

On this day (October 21) in 1958, Buddy Holly stepped into the Pythian Temple Studios in New York City for what would be his final recording session. That day, he recorded four songs backed by a full ...