Music has this funny way of sticking around longer than we expect. A track that dominated the charts decades ago can suddenly pop back up on your feed, sounding fresh as ever. Sometimes it takes a TV ...

The following chart-hitting songs from the year 1960 have been somewhat forgotten by mainstream audiences today. I think that’s a shame, because these three tracks are some of the most influential ...

Music history loves its legends. We hear about Elvis, The Beatles, and rock icons who supposedly invented entire genres. Yet ...

There are a lot of songs that you might have no idea were written for, or at least released in conjunction with a movie. Sometimes, those songs end up being more successful than the movie itself, but ...

These four country songs were big hits when they came out in 2002, even though hardly anyone remembers them anymore.

SAZ band is a contemporary Rajasthani folk trio from the Langa community that is preserving their musical heritage by ...

Johnny Cash has a catalog filled with beloved hit singles. But, like most artists–especially those who churned out an incredible amount of work, like many from the Man in Black’s generation–there are ...

A lot of classic rock has been forgotten for all the wrong reasons. For example, Chubby Checker said that his songs aren’t played on radio stations anymore because of racism. The Rock and Roll Hall of ...

This rare "Promotion Only (Not for Sale)" 12" remix of "Like a Prayer" is part of the author's forgotten record collection. Source: Photo by Christopher Bergland We all know from life experience that ...

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4238930/4238931" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> In ...

Nineties R&B offered us a spectacular, game-changing roster of female singers. Mariah was in full superstar mode, Whitney was still topping the charts, Brandy was a music and TV star and Monica gave ...