10 Best Oscars Hosts Ever, Ranked

The Oscar hosting gig is a tough job, but somebody's got to do it (unless they have a hostless ceremony, of course).

Beloved '70s Singer, With Classic No. 1 Hit Song, Turns 76

Novelty songs have long had a place in pop music history, but few became as memorable or as successful as one quirky ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1975, the Doobie Brothers Hit No. 1 for the First Time With a Song Later Covered by Garth Brooks

Released Nov. 15, 1974, the Doobie Brothers initially intended “Black Water” as a B-side of the single “Another Park, Another ...

Nathan Lane, Voice of Timon, Improvised One of “The Lion King”'s Most Famous Lines: 'They Wrote a Song About It!'

Lane played the meerkat Timon in the 1994 Disney hit, which went on to become the highest-grossing movie of 1994 at the ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1970, Merle Haggard Topped the Country Charts With This Defiant Patriotic Anthem

Merle Haggard followed his patriotic hit "Okie From Muskogee" with "The Fightin' Side of Me", which hit NO. 1 o 1970.
Opinion

I reluctantly went to my first Grateful Dead show — and discovered one of Earth’s great religions

From reluctant concert-goer to devoted Deadhead, one fan's transformative journey following Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead reveals music as religion and community.