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MARCH 17, 1958 : THE CHAMPS’ “TEQUILA” IS THE #1 SONG ON THE U.S. POP CHARTS

Written on the spot and recorded as an afterthought near the end of a session at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, the song—” Tequila ” —...

Over a span of just 12 months beginning in April 1967, the duo of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell enjoyed a string of four straight hits wi...

The special instruction Quincy Jones sent out to the several dozen pop stars invited to participate in the recording of “We Are the World...

“Folsom Prison Blues” gave Johnny Cash his first top-10 country hit in 1956, and his live concert performance at Folsom—dramatized memor...

Former teen idol Rick Nelson dies in plane crash in De Kalb, Texas, on December 31, 1985. When the teenage Ricky Nelson launched his p...

In the mid 1950s, two young white men began their successful musical careers by bringing the sound of black rhythm-and-blues music to pre...