"Love Me Do" was the Beatles' first monster hit. Do you know their last? Here are the final big hits of a dozen major rock acts from the 1960s.
Three of the artists being honored this year died before reaching 30. Another made it to 100.
Greg Brown, whose grungy guitar licks helped propel the band Cake, which he helped found, to the top of the alternative rock charts in the mid-1990s, and whose irony-laced lyrics for their hit song ...
These three legendary rock chart-toppers managed to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 twice in the same year.
LaMonte McLemore, one of the pioneers of modern pop music as a member of the 5th Dimension, has died. (AP Photo) ...
His group notched smooth hippie-era hits like “Up, Up and Away” and “The Age of Aquarius” in embracing a genre-blurring sound they called “champagne soul.” ...
The singer and photographer was a founding member of the vocal group, known for No. 1 hits like “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In.” He died last week at 90.
The singer's smooth bass vocals helped The 5th Dimension score big hits on the pop charts with “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” ...
Singer LaMonte McLemore has died. He was a founding member of the 5th Dimension, a vocal group whose smooth pop and soul sounds with a touch of psychedelia brought them big hits in the 1960s and '70s.
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Today in Music History for Feb. 15: ...
Not every act caused a headache. Eagle speaks fondly of Roy Orbison. “He just stood there on stage, didn’t say much and ...
Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote 10 of The Supremes’ 12 No. 1 hits. The first No. 1 was “Where Did Our Love Go?” The track topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks in 1964. “Baby Love” ended up ...