1807: Congress bans the slave trade within the US, effective January 1, 1808. On the same day, William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland becomes Prime Minister for the second time after the fall of ...

Jimmy Page and Brian May have both warned about artificial intelligence’s potential to destroy art and bankrupt artists ...

Everyone from the 1960s managed to have at least one big single in the 1980s. The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Barbra Streisand, The Beach Boys, and many more retro acts found their ...

Billy Joel I’m not a person given to boasting; as many would point out, I have little to boast about. But I am giving myself ...

As selected by the UCR staff, the Top 40 Songs of 1985 were both from the past and looking forward in their sound. The old ...

ASCAP, the only US PRO founded and governed by songwriters, composers and music publishers, and the only one that operates on a not-for-profit basis, announced today that it delivered another year of ...

As Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther" hits No. 1 on the Hot 100, here's a look at chart-toppers with names in their titles.

Paul McCartney is often labelled as a genius himself, but he's bestowed the label on two other songwriters throughout his career.

There was a point in time when Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze were considered the heirs to the John Lennon/Paul ...

Paramount+ has uploaded an array of old episodes from classic music shows like 'MTV Unplugged,' 'VH1 Storytellers,' and 'CMT ...

‘You Are My Heaven’ (1979) Propelled by the success of “Closer I Get,” Flack and Hathaway set to work on a second duets ...

Jennifer Young has come out as the mother of Dave Grohl’s daughter, months after it was revealed the rock star had had a ...