These 1964 country music classics played an important part in the future of country music as a genre, and they're still well-aged gems today.

Since 1913, Billboard has charted the top-selling and most popular songs across the world. In that time, hundreds of artists have topped what has become ...

None of us had ever witnessed something like that.” Music history would show that the harrowing flight from L.A. to Houston isn’t where Brian Wilson’s story would end. Although he removed himself from ...

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

Sixty-one years ago today, the singer and songwriter who became the king of country music parodies was born in Georgia.

Abbey Road by The Beatles reaches 500 weeks on the Billboard 200, becoming only the second title from the band to do so, ...

Van Halen formed in 1972, and since then, they have blessed rock music with classic rock hits, from original songs to covers.

The year 1964 was dominated by one band: The Beatles. In that year alone, The Beatles scored six of their 20 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits. The six No. 1 hits The Beatles scored in 1964 were “I Want To ...

That Cash went to such great lengths to defend his concept album isn’t surprising. His collection of songs describing the genocide and continued oppression of Indigenous communities across the U.S.

On this day (September 26) in 1964, Roy Orbison topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “Oh, Pretty Woman.” The song knocked “The House of the Rising Sun” by the Animals out of the top spot and held it for ...

On this day (September 5) in 1964, The Animals topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “House of the Rising Sun.” The song, an arrangement of a traditional American folk song, occupied the top spot for ...

Some of the best country songs in the history of the genre hit the airwaves in 1964. At the same time, the likes of Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, and Lefty Frizzell were topping the charts with ...