American Songwriter

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Love has been a popular musical theme since time immemorial, but it seemed especially true in 1976. The Billboard Hot 100 was absolutely dominated by love—the idea, beauty, pain, longing, passion, and pursuit of it. From straight-up romance to breakup recovery, these major Top 40 hits prove we were kind of obsesse...

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Edward Norris has died. The veteran Nashville-based music journalist died on Sept. 17, according to

American singer, songwriter and musician Tom Petty (1950-2017) attends a press conference for his debut solo album 'Full Moon Fever', 1989. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)

Tom Petty spent more than 40 years releasing songs. Although his list of hits is vast, few Petty songs are as well known as “

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William Shatner is giving a new genre of music a go. The Star Trek actor performed alongside his band, *uckers, at a warmup gig in Chicago.

Throughout their set, Shatner and his band played songs off of their upcoming album, What the F Is Heavy Metal? The band also covered Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train,” Metallic...

(Original Caption) A singer called Joni. Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, United Kingdom, 1968. The guitar-pickin' gal is Joni Mitchell, a long blonde haired Canadian folk singer. Pictured last night outside the Revolution club, Joni is here (until 1st October) for radio, television and concert appearances. Apart from concert appearances, 25 year old Joni will be heard...