Fifty-two years ago, the iconic '70s rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd released "Sweet Home Alabama," a song that went on to become an ...

A 1974 rock masterpiece was named among the greatest guitar riffs of all time and sparked a well-known feud.

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“Sweet Home Alabama” figured into notable pre-fame moments of Taylor Hicks’ life. At a Hoover High school talent show, he played harmonica on a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Southern rock anthem with some ...

TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (WSFA) - This June marks the 50th anniversary of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s iconic song “Sweet Home Alabama.” The Alabama Music Hall of Fame is celebrating the iconic band. Images from Lynyrd ...

CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 1976: Members of Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd (L-R Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins) pose by their trailer backstage at an ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s anthemic “Sweet Home Alabama” was released 50 years ago on June 24, 1974. It was the band’s highest-charting song, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Top 100, and went on to become a ...

“Sweet Home Alabama” is a Southern rock classic, and rightly so. Alabama people aren’t surprised to hear Lynyrd Skynyrd’s familiar anthem playing in bars, at football games, in supermarkets, in ...

It’s been 50 years since Ronnie Van Zant first implored listeners to turn it up and sing songs about the Southland. "Sweet Home Alabama,” which would certainly be the signature song of any band that ...