In 1970, a song hit the airwaves that didn't just top the charts, it captured the spirit of a generation. "War," performed by ...

Johnny Cash refused to perform these "anti-black," "anti-hippie" songs during an April 17, 1970 concert at the White House.

Fifty-five years ago, the Guess Who topped the charts with a song medley that would become one of their signature hits. The ...

The memorable tradition has a deep cultural history rooted in Buddhism and increasing global notoriety for its rowdy water ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "So when I discovered ‘Oye Como Va,’ people said, 'Well that's not rock and roll.' And I was like, 'Well not yet. But it will be,' ...

Classic rock was changing in big ways in the 1970s, and quite a few songs in different, new subgenres began hitting the airwaves that decade. From punk rock to heavy metal, a lot of new music gained ...

In 1971, John Denver released “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” and it didn’t take long for the song to become a beloved anthem of the ’70s. In 2025, Forbes Magazine called Denver's tune one of the 30 ...

There are only a few songs out there that capture the sting of heartbreak quite like "Layla." The actual title of the song was based on the story of Layla and Majnun, an old Arab folktale about the ...

Seals & Crofts had a number of Billboard Top 20 songs in the 1970s before their chart topper brought them global fame. By Tim Balk Dash Crofts, half of the soft-rock duo Seals & Crofts, which found ...

Readers keep asking for more, and we are happy to oblige. Since our first 1970s pop quiz, the responses have been rolling in with a consistent message that this decade still lives in the bones of ...