“Stairway to Heaven” remains one of the most debated songs in rock history, and that debate is part of its staying power.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This timeless era for Black musicians across genres such as R&B, funk, and pop preached messages of love, freedom, and fun. Let’s ...

Some 1970s songs feel timeless, but others are so rooted in their moment that dropping them into today’s TikTok and Spotify world would be asking for trouble. Looking at how certain tracks were ...

Badfinger, one of the first acts signed to The Beatles' Apple Records label, were known for their melodic songwriting and ...

To musical bluebloods, or blue-ears, or whatever you might call them, pop music has always been seen as an opiate for the masses. Listeners with taste never go for the most popular. They are more ...

From stadium-filling riffs to the birth of the synthesizer, we rank the essential records that defined rock’s most creative decade ...

Elton John performing his song ‘Crocodile Rock’ on the set of The Muppet Show. Rock music electrified the 1970s, igniting a decade of creativity and innovation in music. The subgenres that stemmed ...

A lot of 1970s music was just good old-fashioned fun, while some of it was disturbing beyond all measure. One 1970s classic rock song tackled a deeply upsetting subject. However, it spoke about a ...

There were so many incredible albums released in the 1970s, with classics like Blondie's Parallel Lines and King Crimson's ...