The Grateful Dead were more than just live warriors. These five album-openers display their studio excellence.

Radiohead's "Street Spirit" was partly inspired by R.E.M. and also by a book character caught between two worlds.

The song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was written with Johnny Cash in mind, but it went to John Denver, who made it famous.

Country music and jazz music share a lot more common ground than one might think. Here are three jazz standards that become country hits.

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Britpop bands like Oasis and Blur were bigger than the 90s movement, but others also had hits yet remain relatively unknown outside the UK.

Mungo Jerry had just one US hit single. But it was the all-time seasonal anthem "In The Summertime", which is as iconic as it gets.

J. G. Ballard's 1973 novel 'Crash,' which fetishized car crashes, inspired Mute Records founder Daniel Miller to write "Warm Leatherette." ...

Sammy Hagar wrote many top jams with Van Halen, and this list looks at some classic moments from the “Van Hagar” era.

Rush has just released a new vinyl box set featuring reissues of the legendary Canadian prog-rock trio’s final four studio albums.

Lana Del Rey is an obvious fan of classic rock, and that much is clear in her famed 2012 alt-pop album 'Born To Die'.

In the early 2000s, 'Total Request Live' was hugely important, even for some one-hit wonders like these three here.