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The 19th Eurovision Song Contest appeared jinxed from the outset, but it ultimately proved to be one of the institution’s greatest moments, thanks to a...

The song title “Half A Man” was strangely appropriate for Willie Nelson in 1963. As he approached his 30th birthday, the Texan troubadour had already...

The year is 1969. Rick Hall, maverick record producer and owner of the FAME studio in Muscle Shoals, is working with Bobbie Gentry for the...

The song that’s often seen as the gateway from The Beatles’ formative years to their groundbreaking sonic experimentalism started to come into being on April...

There is only one way to describe the opening bars of The Isaac Hayes Movement: low key. After the symphonic bombast of “Walk On By,”...

The course of Brazilian popular music in the latter half of the 20th century can be broadly split into two major overlapping currents. From the...