One-hit wonder songs don’t get much better than this disco hit from Carl Douglas. Released in 1974, “Kung Fu Fighting” is all about the martial art known as kung fu. This song was heavily inspired by ...

With the floods in Texas killing over 100 people, country music singer Pat Green revealed his family also suffered a “heartbreaking” loss.

While cutting his teeth as a drummer, Dave Grohl would quite literally cut his teeth by learning how to play drums with them.

One-hit wonders are awesome to listen to. But they don't exist in a vacuum. Some are even great to see play live.

American Songwriter is proud to premiere the second single from Travis Roberts' upcoming debut album, 'Rebel Rose' ...

Record stores welcomed some outstanding new albums back in July 1970. Here are five outstanding LPs released 55 years ago this month.

How Chet Atkins' nuanced and innovative guitar style influenced Paul McCartney to write The Beatles classic, "Michelle".

John Denver achieved his greatest success in the 70s. But his last Top 40 hit gave him an adult contemporary foothold in 1982.

Photographer Henry Diltz first met the Doors after the band saw the album cover he shot for Crosby, Stills and Nash's 1969 self-titled debut.

We wanted to take a look at three songs that exemplify that. Three songs by three famous rock artists. What do they all have in common? Well, they are all the final recordings that these giants in ...

Madonna is known as the Queen of Pop, but her 1970s New York punk origins may come as a surprise to the uninformed.

Tony Iommi's 2000 debut solo album, featured contributions from Billy Idol, Dave Grohl, Ian Astbury, and Billy Corgan, among others.