Prolific songwriter and producer Jerry Ragovoy has been inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Ragovoy, who ...

From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the genre ...

In 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono released "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," a holiday song for the ages. A collaboration with the ...

Jerry Ragovoy, a prolific songwriter and producer whose gospel-infused soul compositions shaped some of the most enduring ...

These one-hit wonders from the 1960s were amazing, but the artists' follow-ups were also good enough to top the charts. And yet, they didn't.

“Uncharted Territory” provides an entertaining and empirical look at how the Billboard chart has changed over the decades.

Frank Sinatra dismissed modern music and David Bowie answered by transforming that criticism into a hit song with lasting ...

These three rock songs all helped pave the way for the punk heyday in the '70s. Revisit these punk predecessors.

Sure, we all love a good bop, but more substantial songs — the kind built around characters and narratives — can be just ...

They were called 'The Hit Factory' for good reason. Here are Stock Aitken Waterman’s 15 greatest songs, ranked.

NPR listeners share the one song that hit them the hardest this year, and tell us why they laughed, cried, or simply couldn’t ...

The tune crooned by Bing Crosby is still one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. It's endured as a favorite — ...