"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Arguably one of the best decades of music, the 1970s saw the rise of disco, long shaggy hair, the ...

Every first date needs the perfect song. Revisit four songs released in 1970 that were a part of many couples' first dates ...

Country Music was thriving in the 1970's with artists like Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Charlie Daniels and Tanya Tucker just to name a few. Legends, such as Willie Nelson, came out of that time period ...

I've written here a few times about the 1970s and the wide range of music. Among the rock, pop, punk, and more there were a few songs that were quite different. As a quick health warning, I’m not ...

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 ...

The 1970s was a turning point that saw the end of the idealistic ‘60s. Among the major events of the decade were the messy finale of the Vietnam War, Watergate, women’s liberation, the oil crisis, ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Samples continue to be a huge part of our current music culture. Some of the biggest artists in the world have used them to create incredible hit records that have gone on to become classics in their ...