One of Paul's most beautiful ballads, "Golden Slumbers" actually took its musical inspiration from another song he'd only recently recorded -- and its lyrical inspiration from over three hundred...
Modern pop chanteuse Lana Del Rey has a new single out called "Beautiful Player," and it's raising some eyebrows for what is very likely a reference to pop production...
Ever wonder where the Dock of the Bay or the Chelsea drugstore was, or where Lynyrd Skynyrd needed those three steps, or where Robert Johnson made his deal with...
Two of doo-wop's premier original voices passed away recently: This past Saturday, Marcels lead singer Cornelius "Nini" Harp, the angelic lead heard on their 1961 classic "Blue Moon," died of...
In the middle of the famed Abbey Road Medley is a rocker that perfectly describes just how insane the Beatles' world had gotten, but buried in the middle of...
Okay, recent events may have conspired to make summer road trips more difficult than they used to be, but some folks have to make them no matter what... and...
Yes, "Polythene Pam" was a real person -- actually, at least two people, one of which had quite the crush on George, and one of which may have actually...
Marshall Lytle, one of rock's pioneering bass players, died on Saturday at the age of 80. The bassist for Bill Haley and His Comets, who jumpstarted the rock craze...
A Memorial Day special: songs about and for the troops. Wherever you come down on America's wars - or war in general - everyone recognizes rock and roll's occasional...