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As an African-American from Sledge, Mississippi, Charley Pride had to work harder to win the acceptance of the country music mainstream. The only black artist...

In the new year of 1967, James Brown was inviting his fans to a place where his music had long resided: hipsters’ avenue. That was...

The great jazz artists are, for the most part, infrequent visitors to the world of hit singles. But on January 7, 1967, saxophone player and...

Ah, the power ballad: 80s radio – and most of our love lives – would have been a lot less colorful without it. This list...

Willie Dixon was the undisputed Poet Laureate of post-war Chicago blues music. His undoubted talent as a wordsmith probably stemmed from the fact that, as...