Pure and simple, 1966 was considered by many critics as one of the greatest years for popular music ever [see the Guardian’s “Was 1966 pop music greatest’s year?” and the LA Times‘ “1966 Could be Rock ...

Editor's note: In what was considered a "radical" choice, Bob Dylan was announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature on Oct. 13, 2016. Read the story here. What’s the most innovative year ...

Is 1966 the greatest year in music? The incredible number of classic albums released in 1966 certainly suggests as much. Here are our picks for the best album in a pivotal year for pop. The second ...

Bob Dylan played two nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall in the spring of 1966, a year he spent much of on the road with the Band. On both nights in London, Dylan played the bluesy “Tell Me, Momma,” ...

This Grammy-winning country jam spent a whopping nine weeks at the top of the Hot Country Singles chart in 1966. It was one of the most influential countrypolitan songs of the era. Today, “Almost ...

At Seattle Tacoma Airport, the Beatles boarded their chartered Americn Flyer Airlines Lockheed Electra plane bound for Vancouver, British Columbia, to give their first-ever Canadian concert, at the ...

One afternoon in a Hollywood studio produced a song that would change his career—and country music—with almost no one realizing it at the time.