The 1960s, now there was a decade that truly shook things up. It was a time of massive change, from cultural revolutions to ...

Today in Music History for Nov. 4: In 1740, English clergyman Augustus Toplady, who wrote the hymn "Rock of Ages," was born. In 1847, composer Felix Mendelssohn died at Leipzig at age 38.

For Cale, that town was Tulsa, the Oklahoma city where he was raised in the postwar era. Born John Cale in 1938, the ...

Stacker takes a look at Black artists music wouldn't be the same without, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Tupac Shakur.

Lisa Mary Kinney, at age 60, passed away on October 1, 2025, after an aggressive and painful battle with pancreatic cancer. She passed away at the Respite House in Colchester with her family by her ...

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 ...

Liverpool band The Searchers will end nearly 70 years of touring with their debut at the Glastonbury Festival. The band has performed with different line-ups since its formation in 1957. They were ...

The Who is coming to Fenway Park in August Tickets are on sale today, May 16 The remaining original members include vocalist Roger Daltrey, and guitarist Pete Townshend. Original drummer Keith Moon ...

In the blink of an eye, on December 28, 1964, 12-year-old Carol Jarosz Bartos’ life changed forever. That’s the day her 16-year-old sister, Beverly Jarosz, was murdered. Sixty years later, Carol still ...

A new documentary on Apple TV+ goes backstage with The Beatles as they prepared for their first U.S. tour in 1964. SCHMITZ: A little over 60 years ago, the Beatles appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show," ...

It’s February 1964. Beatles John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, fresh from their triumphant North American debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” are on a train bound for ...