Now comes the lightning round – ten more songs from five more genres, no less brilliant than what has come before. The song that preceded the aforementioned “Funkytown” at the top of the charts ...

John Lennon and Frank Sinatra agreed that this classic 1970s song was one of the greatest of the decade for its melody and ...

Plains, Georgia is waiting to celebrate Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday on Tuesday, when its hometown hero becomes the only ...

The esteemed singer-songwriter behind "Me and Bobby McGee" and dozens of other hits was also memorable on the big screen in ...

"This was the first world leader I ever heard who knew the words to all the songs that were my generation’s telegraph." ...

You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B, soulful or disco, pop or dance. What you cannot call it is partisan.

Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.” –Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in ...

He had five US No 1 hits, plus credits such as penning Kenny Rogers’ 1980 smash ... s Billboard Hot 100 than any other artist of the era – 378 in all. The key songs?

The tender song peaked at No.6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped to secure both ... musical partner by including several of these songs on 1980’s Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway.

From the blissfully ignorant months before the pandemic to Brat Summer, here are the greatest songs that moved culture, ...

A few weeks ago, we launched the Pitchfork 2020s So Far Readers’ Poll. Thousands of readers voted on the best songs and albums of the half-decade, and here are the results. (Thanks for voting!) ...