On this day (February 3) in 1959, J.P. Richardson Jr., better known as The Big Bopper, died in a plane crash near Mason City, Iowa, at the age of 28. He lost his life alongside Buddy Holly, Ritchie ...
Sixty-seven years ago today, George Jones released hist first No. 1 single, less than a week after its writer tragically died ...
On Page 76 of the 1959 Hibbing, Minnesota, high school yearbook, a certain member of the senior class is quoted as vowing “to ...
Of those 39 non-English-language top 10 hits, 23 are in Spanish — by far the most of any language. Korean ranks second, with ...
Spanning 1974-77, this collection shows Wilson was capable of stunning pre-rock’n’roll homage – on the previously unheard Adult/Child – while also writing wayward songs about organic food ...
A late-night plane crash claimed three early Rock & Roll pioneers and became immortalized as The Day the Music Died.
This melancholic waltz - one of the earliest examples of Bluegrass music - has become a classic since it was penned by Bill Monroe in 1945. The official state song of Kentucky, it was the first single ...
EXCLUSIVE: A large-scale biopic based on the life of the legendary jazz and blues vocalist Dinah Washington is in the works, ...
Hall went all the way back to 1939 and decided to make his own version of the jazz song recorded by Jimmy Lunceford, “T’ain’t ...
Nevertheless, by far the most successful show of the year, the then most successful musical of all time was Fiddler on the Roof. It broke all records, its film version also the biggest hit of its year ...
"Hamilton" is on the agenda for the new season of Broadway in Birmingham, along with "Mamma Mia!," "The Outsiders," "The Sound of Music" and more.