Rocket Man by Elton John missed being the top spot in the charts, but the loss is perfectly explained in the song's lyrics.

As it turns out, Boone's version of "Speedy Gonzales" was a cover anyway. The song was written by Buddy Kaye, Ethel Lee and ...

Elton John has countless hits to his name, from “Your Song” to “Candle in the Wind,” but if you had to pick one track that defines him, it would be “Rocket Man.” Released on March 3, 1972 as the lead ...

The Brooklynite's esteemed body of work also includes "Calendar Girl," "Oh! Carol," "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Where the Boys Are," "Bad Blood" and "Solitaire." ...

Neil Sedaka, legendary singer-songwriter behind hits like 'Breaking Up Is Hard to Do' 'Bad Blood,' 'Laughter in the Rain' and 'Calendar Girl,' has died. He was 86.

From The Beatles to Taylor Swift, a rundown of the elite artists that that have claimed new Hot 100 No. 1s in four consecutive years or more.

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No genre of music knows romance like rock does. On Valentine's Day, Collider ranked the 10 greatest romantic classic rock songs ever made, organizing a list of the best of the best among rock romance.

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

In the late 1960s, the bubblegum pop music genre was in full force, with bands like The Strawberry Alarm Clock, the Lemon Pipers, and The Cufflinks frequently appearing on the Billboard Top 10 charts.

Voicing his affinity for the song, John Lennon told Spin, “I love it. I was thrilled he [Elton] was doing it.” Recalling how John asked him, he stated, “Elton asked me to play on ‘Lucy.’ He said, ‘I’m ...

LaMonte McLemore, a founding member of The 5th Dimension, has led fans to revisit hits by that vocal group, which made some of the best pop records of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The group was ...