Par for the course, Dr. Dre sampled some old funk tracks, including Sly & the Family Stone's "Thank You," as well as the 1979 ...

Most Bruce Springsteen fans can point to the different moments in his career that led to him becoming an artist for the ages. One underrated milestone was a pair of concerts held in 1979 that were ...

Singer-songwriter Christopher Cross funded his first album in an unorthodox way—he sold weed. People reported that the soft ...

Inside the horrific details of how R Kelly exploited Aaliyah’s innocence and naivety while her family trusted him as a mentor ...

Anderson returned for two more runs with Yes, fronting the group from 1983-88 and again from 1990-2004. He also formed two ...

Sharon Jones passed away; Fats Domino performed on 'The Ed Sullivan Show'; Cat Stevens had a No. 1 album; R.E.M. made their ...

With "You Know What It’s Like," Brenda Russell delivers a soulful romance, further building anticipation for her new album ...

For "Saturday Night in New Orleans," Johnson recalls sitting with Hall of Fame songwriter Tony Joe White — known for penning "Polk Salad Annie" for Elvis Presley and "Rainy Night in Georgia" for Brook ...

Canadian dance-punk band Death from Above 1979 tore the roof off of Fine Line this past Friday, playing their seminal debut ...

Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations should have turned them into NWOBHM-era superstars, but instead it inspired Lars ...

Elvis Costello's 1986 album "King of America," one of my favorite records ever, has been re-released in a six-CD boxed set ...

As you will see in the below list of the Top 50 New Wave Songs, chosen by the UCR staff, many of these tracks would fit comfortably within other playlists from the era, not just punk, but also pop, ...