A run-in with the law, a few beers, and a wild idea in a Texas jail led to one of country music’s biggest hits.

The 1970s. What a decade for music! It was a wild, experimental, and incredibly fertile period that saw genres explode, artists push boundaries, and hit after hit cascade from radios across the globe.

Songs are time machines. Music has an incredible power to unlock memories, and the right tune can instantly transport us to another era. Join us on a nostalgia trip through the mega-hits of the 1970s, ...

These songs aren't just nostalgic—they're portals. The neuroscience of musical memory shows these tracks literally activate ...

Punk rock music—that blistering, snarling, enlivening style—has exhilarated audiences for some 50 years now. What rose to prominence in the mid-1970s has become a sound for the generations. Never ...

Stacker put together a list of songs from the 1960s and '70s that played a role in political movements. - Tom Copi/Michael Ochs Archives // Getty Images Stacker put together a list of songs from the ...

‘70s Country Music Icon Dies at 83: ‘A True Legend With a Voice To Match’ originally appeared on Parade. It all started in the 1940s, on a humble farm outside of Monroe City, Missouri, where a ...