If you think about the 1970s, there are probably at least a few bands from the era that you could rattle off from the top of your head. There’s Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and their peers. But what ...

1975 was a stellar year for rock music. Many of the genre’s biggest hits came out smack dab in the middle of the decade. The three 1975-released rock songs below have become iconic and emblematic of ...

America was a mighty weird place in 1975 — but music was the weirdest thing about it. The entire culture was changing fast. It was the year Jaws invented the Hollywood blockbuster. Saturday Night Live ...

Island Girl,” which was the first single from John’s 10th studio album Rock of the Westies, remained No. 1 on Billboard for ...

Blood on the Tracks has felt 50 years old since its release. Following Bob Dylan’s numerous musical escapades — be it Guthrie-style, electric or plain country folk — Blood finds Dylan mixing and ...

In the summer of 1975, British glam rock band The Sweet released the single “Ballroom Blitz” in the United States. The song, which was a hit in the UK when it was first released in 1973, went to No. 5 ...

Pink Floyd has never been short on anthems — “Comfortably Numb,” “Another Brick in the Wall,” “Time.” But when it comes to raw emotion, nothing lands harder than “Wish You Were Here.” Half a century ...

Q. What iconic rock band launched a tour from Memorial Auditorium in 1975? A. Heading into its show at Memorial Auditorium on Sept. 10, 1975, Kiss was a 2-year-old band that was making a name for ...