IT WAS A pivotal year in popular music—a point underlined by “1971: Never A Dull Moment”, a book by David Hepworth, a veteran music writer, as well as “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything”, a ...

From glam to punk, prog to soul, the 1970s defined the album era – here are the decade’s standout releases, year by year.

Elton John released his second studio album, Self-titled, in 1970. The record featured “Your Song,” which was arguably the ...

Legendary mbaqanga group Soul Brothers is celebrating 50 years in the music business. This year, the group will release 50 Years of ...

MIAMIMIAMI — Betty Wright, the Grammy-winning soul singer and songwriter whose influential 1970s hits included “Clean Up Woman” and “Where is the Love,” has died at age 66. Wright died at her home in ...

The 1970s was arguably the single decade of the 20th century when recorded music was most central to culture. There were, of course, fewer kinds of media competing for the average consumer’s ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Bell, the Grammy-winning producer, writer and arranger who helped perfect the "Sound of Philadelphia" of the 1970s with the inventive, orchestral settings of such hits as the ...

Glen Campbell had a prolific career that spanned decades. We found three of his best songs that came out in the 1970s.

Julius "Dr. J" Erving sat in a golf cart under heavy rain, listening to Teddy Pendergrass' 1970s R&B classic "Love TKO" at ex-Phoenix Suns owner Jerry Colangelo's Hall of Fame Golf Classic on Sept. 26 ...

Maybe all we really need to know about the evolution of funk music in the 1970s comes in the form of an outfit from Dayton, ...