Bonnie Tyler was a force in the '80s, but her 1984 classic didn't chart high. However, it gained a remarkable second life in many films over the decades.
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Country and rock have been bedfellows since the '50s, but these '70s artists, from Jerry Garcia to Neil Young, blended the genres to create pure magic.
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While each decade of the 20th century has produced some lovely love songs, certain songs from 1960 stand out as sweeter than ever.
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Thanks to hits such as "Copacabana (At the Copa)" and "Can't Smile Without You," Barry Manilow was at the height of his soft-rock powers in 1978.
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Classic rock songs like "Daydream Believer" are known as sunshine pop, and they help prove that 1967 was the decade's best year for the sub-genre.
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Neil Diamond was a pop-rock hitmaker from the '60s to the '80s, but in 1996, he took a risk and made "Tennessee Moon," a country album. The risk paid off.
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As the '80s dawned, late boomers had new wave joining their formative years, with acts like Devo and Blondie creating indelible memories that still persist.
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These classic love songs from the Cure, Mazzy Star, INXS, Journey, and the Smiths may bring back the nostalgia of a first kiss for gen xers.
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Even though the best of boomer music earns them bragging rights over other generations, the worst of it is annoying, overplayed, overrated, and best forgotten.
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Not all musical revolutions in the '60s took place in the studio; some began at home, and this is one staple of that decade we think modern listeners will love.
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The acclaimed singer-songwriters were married when they recorded this famous version of Taylor's 1971 classic at their home In Martha's Vineyard.
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The counterculture movement, a runaway Broadway hit, and rousing protest songs came together to make the last summer of the 1960s its best for classic rock.
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Peter Gabriel left Genesis in 1975, and in 1986 one of his songs knocked Genesis's No. 1 hit off the Billboard chart. Here'a a look at the song that did it.
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Over the course of rock history, certain individuals and their acts stand out as the most important ones that created and defined the genre.
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Blending country and rock with soulful harmonies, the Eagles racked up an enviable string of five No. 1 hits, spanning from 1975 to 1979.
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There's plenty to like about classic rock from 1973, but that summer was truly legendary, with Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, and others turning up the heat.
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Dig through Neil Young albums ranging from 1973 to 2012 and beyond, and you'll find decades of songs that will always beguile and blow fans' minds.
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Classic rock cover albums often became part of the overall experience — to the point that the designs of album covers themselves emerging an art form.
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Bob Dylan may be one of the best-known singer-songwriters of the 20th century, but he's never had a No. 1 song — though his son did.
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Some of new wave's best hits, including Blondie's "Heart of Glass," the Police's "Message in a Bottle," and Gary Numan's "Cars" came out of 1979.
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B-sides were often included as an afterthought, but some did better than the lead single, became foundational to rock history, and even began the genre itself.
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From Mick Jagger to Iggy Pop, these rockers decided long ago that retirement is for chumps. For them, tours and studio albums are preferable to quiet vacations.
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In 1964 the Beatles had taken the U.S. by storm, reaching an unbelievable milestone that no other band has ever achieved. Here's how they did it.
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Folk rock reached its peak in 1966, thanks to hit songs like Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" and the Mamas & the Papas' "Monday, Monday."
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From SNL to Woodstock '99, the '90s were host to some truly questionable performances that were burned into the fabric of music history for the wrong reasons.
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Though they were all first released in the 1970s, James Taylor's explorations and confessions of love feel like they could've been written at any time.
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Rock bands like Refugee and Chicken Shack had a chance at superstardom with a virtuoso keyboardist on board, until they were lured away by bigger fish.
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