In 1967, three members of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers recorded four songs in a session at Decca Studios in London. One ...

Lou Reed might have been instrumental to the birth of punk, but his musical influences all stem from a variety of different places.

the M.G.’s, the house band for Stax Records, Steve Cropper was a key figure in shaping the sound of soul music in the ’60s, backing legendary singers including Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett. Steve ...

A folk icon and dedicated political activist, Yarrow helped bring the songs of Bob Dylan to the wider public, but his career ...

From the mid-60s on, Brown’s proto-funk classics set the stage for everyone from George Clinton to Sly Stone, opening the floodgates for an aggressive and loose take on Black music that seemed ...

Songs about time are about as old as songwriting ... It captured the mood of the counterculture period of the late 60s and early 70s perfectly, but in the decades since the song has been used ...

Here are 10 songs that showcase his versatility and brilliance ... Written in just 20 minutes, Soul Bossa Nova was inspired by an early-60s fad for Brazilian music, sparked by the success of ...

When Jackie Trent died last week she was primarily credited in news stories as the writer of the Neighbours theme. True, she was - Jackie also wrote and sang the theme from Mr & Mrs with her then ...

1970 may have marked a new decade, at least on the calendar, but as you'll see in the list of 1970's Best Rock Albums below, it was still pretty much the '60s as far as the music was concerned.