Christmas songs fill the airwaves every December, but most people don’t know the surprising stories behind these beloved tunes. Many classic Christmas songs have unexpected origins, from “Jingle Bells ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Touch Me When We're Dancing" reached No. 16 on the Billboard chart in August 1981, which was the last Top 20 for the ...

Elton John wrote Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny), inspired by John Lennon after the former Beatle's murder in 1980.

Since 2001, Blake Shelton has been part of country music. As trends and fads have changed and evolved, Shelton has remained unapologetically true to who he is as an artist, and the kind of music he ...

“Fever” is a well known Peggy Lee tune from 1958, but it wasn’t originally hers. In 1956, R&B singer Little Willie John released the first recording of “Fever,” written by Eddie Cooley and Otis ...

As one of the most accomplished musicians of the late 20th and early 21st century, Paul McCartney has had numerous musical hits in both his solo career and his tenure in past iconic bands like the ...

Prince Rogers Nelson, better known as Prince, was one of the most prolific songwriters in the music business. His uncanny sense of melody, distinctive voice and production techniques consistently ...