By Keith Caulfield There are girl groups, and then there are the Supremes. 50 years ago, Florence Ballard, then 21, Diana Ross and Mary Wilson (both 20), became Motown’s brightest stars ...

One group that is often overlooked is The Angels, whose "My Boyfriend's Back" was enjoying a three week run at the top of the charts 50 years ago this week. Lead singer Peggy Santiglia and sisters ...

“It can’t be 50 years,” said the song’s lyricist ... told them “The Rapper” had landed on both of the top music charts in those days: Billboard and Record World.

Rock ruled the album charts in the 1970s, and a look at the Billboard 200 rankings from 50 years ago really brings the genre’s dominance into focus. Five different albums spent time at No. 1 ...

Considered to be the hit that propelled Manilow to superstardom, the song reached #1 on the Billboard charts 50 years ago today, on Jan. 18, 1975 … but did you know that he didn’t write it?

The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and classical pianist Van Cliburn (!) had come close, but Elton was the first artist to achieve the ...

Fifty years ago this week, in March 1974, Terry Jacks’ emotional rendition of the pop ballad “Seasons in the Sun” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song, which spent three weeks on ...