In 1985, a washed-up singer named Derek Stevens walked into a meeting with record company execs in hopes of reviving his career. The first song he played for them would become the stuff of legends. It ...

There’s something about the 1970s era of country music that always seems to hit just right. A lot of fantastic country music came out during that decade, particularly in the mid-1970s. And while the ...

For more than half a century, the Billboard Hot 100 has been documenting the biggest, most commercially successful hits in the U.S. The chart—compiled by Billboard magazine using record sales, radio ...

I’ve been writing about music history for many years now, and one thing remains true: The best music tends not to make it high on the charts, if at all. Let’s take a quick dive into just three stellar ...