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It’s sometimes forgotten just how much of an impact certain key soul-funk bands of the 1970s made on the American music scene, not just in...

A few days into their first tour as headliners, The Rolling Stones released their self-titled debut EP on January 10, 1964. For the chart week...

The working relationship between the Temptations and Norman Whitfield was an incredibly fruitful one. Between 1966 and 1974, he produced 25 Top 10 R&B hits...

The term “genius” is far too often, bandied about – alongside its catchall companion, “icon.” But in the case of John Williams both words apply,...

The solo career of the great Eddie Kendricks, one of the most delightful and distinctive falsettos in music history, was always likely to be secondary...

“There are still many good tunes to be written in C major” said Arnold Schoenberg, a composer famous for atonality. He meant that accessible melodies...