Country music has never been without its occasional controversy. These four country songs were once considered quite controversial when they were first released. Whether they tackled taboo subjects or ...

Exactly 25 years ago today, a classic 1939 ballad sung by Judy Garland was named the Song of the Century. On March 12, 2001, the Recording Industry of America Association (RIAA) and the National ...

(Reuters) - They said it would never sell, with its six-minute playing time, operatic passages and lyrics about Galileo and Scaramouche, but the Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody" on Monday became the ...

Without the early 20th-century folk music, the folk music of the late 20th and 21st centuries would not have had a foundation to build upon. Unlike most genres of music, folk and roots music have a ...

A new generation of music lovers got turned on to mid-century pop star Connie Francis’ oeuvre in recent months when her 1962 song “Pretty Little Baby” went viral on TikTok. Now, Francis’ death on ...