Today in Music History for Jan. 2: ...

These three country songs all came out in the year 1961, and will always be considered country music classics.

During Hank Williams' final television appearance, he joined a long list of country music royalty to sing a gospel standard.

Several Gershwin classics, plus cartoons like Betty Boop and Blondie, have reached the U.S. copyright maximum.

Here is a roll call of some of the notable figures of African and African American descent who died in 2025. It includes the ...