In the mood for some soft rock summer songs from 1975? These three tunes defined summer break for many a youngin' that year.

As it returns to the Billboard Hot 100, "Sweet Home Alabama" ties as Lynyrd Skynyrd's second-longest-charting hit, alongside ...

Following the breakup with The Beatles in 1970, frontman Paul McCartneyrecorded two solo albums before forming another group in 1971, the rock bandWings. Wings was active as a group for 10 years until ...

Few songs merit the term ‘power ballad’ quite as emphatically as Total Eclipse Of The Heart, the 1983 hit for singer Bonnie Tyler, who died on 8 July 2026 at the age of 75. Tyler, born Gaynor Hopkins ...

Americans are ringing in the nation's 250th anniversary of independence with coast-to-coast celebrations and star-studded concerts and performances. Join CBS for "The Great American Block Party 250," ...

Toby Keith’s father was his inspiration. If there were a competition for the most over-the-top patriotic song ever recorded, Toby Keith’s Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American) would ...

One of the best America songs for the 4th of July is a blatant rip-off of another rock classic – and it wasn’t a secret at all. Brian Wilson revealed the Beach Boys hit Surfin U.S.A. was directly ...

Governor Patrick Morrisey has declared a State of Emergency for all 55 counties in West Virginia as severe storms continue to cause flashing flooding, landslide Emergency community meeting held to ...

On the eve of America's 250th birthday, NPR's Juana Summers talks with NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Sheldon Pearce about songs that reflect the country's complex identity. In a country as ...

The breakthrough hit transformed youthful ambition and restless hope into one of rock’s defining American anthems.