Ranked among the best soft rock songs of all time, Carly Simon’s 1972 smash hit continues to define generations.
Fifty-four years ago today, a powerful ballad about heartbreak ruled the American music charts. On March 6, 1972, “Without ...
This summertime 1972 country hit came fresh off of Diana Trask’s album Diana Trask Sings About Loving. Written by Bobby John Henry, Australian country singer Trask turned the song into something ...
Some songs, when we hear them for the very first time, offer such a euphoric experience that they become lifelong favorites. For any person who was young in the year 1972, the following then-new songs ...
Long before it became one of their most hauntingly beautiful hits, this 1972 Carpenters ballad was quietly inspired by an old Hollywood comedy film starring Bing Crosby. In an interview with NPR, ...
The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, ruled the charts with this 1972 hit that reached No. 1 54 years ago.
"Starman," released during the rise of Bowie's Ziggy Stardust persona, has since been ranked among the best rock songs of all time by Entertainment Weekly. More than five decades later, the track ...
The emotional ballad became one of country music’s most memorable songs of the early 1970s.