It was written just before the Cuban Missle Crisis of 1962, in which the US and USSR faced each other off, with a very real threat of nuclear war hanging ... protest songs on the list, Black ...

28. B-52s, “Love Shack” The music video for 1989’s “Love Shack” perfectly suits the B-52’s, one of the ‘80s most colorful and ...

Billboard counts down the best country acts of the past (almost) 100 years. Ever since Ralph Peer held his famous recording ...

Music has always gone side by side with politics, with great protest songs inspiring and soothing when needed. Here are some ...

A song heavy with restlessness, "Urge for Going" was written in the mid-'60s before Mitchell left Canada, and was originally recorded by her friend Tom Rush. It was eventually released as a B-side to ...

There were more than 280 different songs nominated, a testament to the breadth and depth of the genre, and how the term ‘greatest’ can be interpreted in various ways. We awarded 10 points ...

Now six years later, shortly before Veterans Day 2024, the performers from that stage show will celebrate the release of the album “The Foe and the Fallen: Songs from The Greatest War,” which ...

is to make a viewer feel war.” The films selected for this list of the genre’s most essential entries often have little in common, but they do share that. Each offers a vision that asks ...

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” bounds four spots to No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart (dated Nov. 23). The ...

Velvet-voiced crooner of some of the best songs of the 20th century ... Celluloid secret agent Matt Helm. The list goes on. Though his accomplishments were many and varied, his jokey demeanor ...