Lloyd Price's 1958 hit 'Stagger Lee' told the story of a real-life killing—but the upbeat rock and roll track still climbed to No. 1 on the charts in 1959.

Dorsey’s 1944 song peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s National List of Best Selling Retail Records chart. On top of that, the hit ...

With his acclaimed interpretations of Delta Blues standards, he was a fixture on the Greenwich Village music scene for decades.

The opening lines of these iconic outlaw country songs still give me the chills every single time I hear them.

Special to Wesson News While the Mississippi Delta is considered to be the birthplace of the blues, musicians from all across ...

Young people who watched his historic campaigns or learned about his career became activists, clergy members, civic leaders and lawmakers.

And now we have The Christmas 1956 Billboard Top 100, which presents 99 tracks from the chart for the week of Dec. 22, 1956. Because of a tie, the magazine’s list embraced 101 songs, two of which are ...

Pianist and bandleader John Cleary joins Air Time to discuss his journey into New Orleans R&B, his collaborations with legends like Dr. John and Allen Toussaint, and the live-in-studio spirit of The ...

He’s written songs for six different members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he’s authored books on the history of the blues—so it’s safe to say that few people are as embedded in blues music ...

For the first time since 2019’s “Cross You Out,” Charli XCX and Sky Ferreira have collaborated on a song together. It’s called “Eyes of the World,” and it appears on Charli’s new soundtrack for ...

Kid Rock headlined Turning Point USA's "All American Halftime Show" on Sunday, which was set up as a MAGA-alternative to Bad Bunny's halftime show at the Super Bowl. Performing on what looked like the ...

The Vatican announced Wednesday that the Most Rev. James F. Checchio, who has served as coadjutor archbishop of the local Roman Catholic Church since September, has formally taken the reins from New ...