The bitter rivalry between James Brown and Joe Tex is an infamous one, and it all came to a head after a performance in Georgia in 1963.

The Stylistics first formed in 1968 and achieved their greatest chart success in the 1970s with a string of hits including ...

Long before Kelly Clarkson won the first season of American Idol in 2002 or Sofronio Vasquez was named winner of the most recent season of The Voice, Sawyer Brown took the grand prize on the inaugural ...

Arthur Brown is one of the great originators of rock’n’roll. As leader of The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, his 1968 hit Fire ...

Best known for his run of iconic rock ‘n’ roll hits with his band the Detroit Wheels during the mid-’60s, Ryder is as busy ...

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BLACK ENTERPRISE curated a playlist of 8 Black songs that contribute to Black art and history and Black pride.

With his resounding baritone and courtly manner, he led the Impressions before beginning a solo career, recording songs like ...

His biggest hits included foundational Philly Sound songs "Hey, Western Union Man" and "Only The Strong Survive," written ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict the fight for civil rights.

According to hardcore troubadour and country rock legend Steve Earle, 1965 was the year Bob Dylan decided he wanted to be the Beatles and John Lennon decided he wanted to be Bob Dylan. Dylan went ...