Ahmet Ertegun began recording with Ray Charles; the Beatles needed no 'help' to the top of the album charts; the Jackson Five ...

Today in Music History for Sept. 8: In 1927, Harlan Howard, known in Nashville as “Mr. Songwriter," was born in Detroit, Mich. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973 and ...

Cameron Crowe’s adolescence was, figuratively and literally, the stuff of a Hollywood movie. As a teenager in the ’70s, he started writing for Rolling Stone, going on the road and hanging out with the ...

Fifty years ago, in 1975, David Bowie hit a new high with his first US number one single, “Fame.” The single came from his ninth studio album, Young Americans, which explored a funk-driven sound. But ...