It was completely by accident that I came across the song “Tell Laura I Love Her” by Ray Peterson, but that song opened up an entire new style of song that I didn’t even know existed—the teenage death ...

Legendary '60s Rock Band Released a Song 50 Years Ago That Predicted Their Split originally appeared on Parade. It’s been 50 years since Pink Floyd released Wish You Were Here, an album that paid ...

You might know the name of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy from the annals of history, the hit song from 1976, or, most recently, on the hit show, "Severance." Neda Ulaby, a reporter for NPR's arts ...

Musician Kevin Giragosian grew up in Palos Park loving the Beatles. He had heard “Wake Up Little Susie,” by the Everly Brothers, but wasn’t inspired much by ’50s music, he said. When a friend ...

The latter are songs built on gimmick concepts. But what happens when those two wild worlds combine? Well, here below, we wanted to dive into that very question and find out the answer. Indeed, these ...

Earlier this year, we asked Prime Time readers to share their memories about a wide variety of topics, including their favorite songs from the 1940s, '50s and '60s. Because, hey, if you want to know ...

Tom Lehrer, the sardonic singer-songwriter-pianist who rose to national fame after his dark, tartly funny topical songs were used on the comedic ‘60s TV news show “That Was the Week That Was,” has ...