Despite growing into one of the best-remembered songs of the late ’60s, The Band’s original “The Weight” failed to make a significant Hot 100 impact in 1968, peaking at No. 63.

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays ...

A best-of list should be an opportunity for discovery, so NPR Music has handmade a series of mixtapes full of great songs from 2023 to help you find music you'll love well beyond the end of the year.

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on ...

Creedence's three 1969 albums included four cover songs among them. This was the best. Lead Belly's 1940 song has been recorded many, many times over the years, including a single released by the ...

NPR Music's Hazel Cills and Sheldon Pearce join Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and host Robin Hilton to spin and discuss the best songs of the year, from Olivia Rodrigo, 100 gecs, Noname, J Noa and more.

The best country songs of the last 25 years were felt and heard. Commercial impact was a factor, but emotional impact is what separates these songs from others released in the 2000s.

Last week at Billboard, we spent three days counting down the 500 best pop songs to ever hit the Billboard Hot 100, in honor of the chart’s 65th anniversary.And really, that’s just the tip of ...

One of Led Zeppelin's best love songs isn't a love song at all but a tribute to Plant's late son, who died in 1977 at age 5. Page was fighting a heroin addiction at the time, so his input is minimal.

Related: The Best 25 Rock Songs of the Last 25 Years. The early 2000s found country and pop merging in ways never heard of before. That came to an abrupt end by the mid-00s, but within a few more ...

The past year has seen a spate of best-of music lists. Yesterday by the Beatles topped two separate best-song lists: one by Rolling Stone magazine and MTV, another by England's BBC Radio 2. Music ...

The 50 Best Elton John Songs. Decades of unforgettable hits, classic album cuts, and ... was released in 1969 on Empty Sky, an album recorded under the influence of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s ...