American Songwriter

Dolly Parton’s “Love Note” to Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr Led to a Collaboration With the Beatles, Mick Fleetwood and Peter Frampton

I just sent them a love note through their managers, and I just said what I was doing,” said Parton on reaching out the ...

Best Christmas songs of all time. 40 holiday classics, ranked

As we head into December 2025, both Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms are in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Holiday 100 — for 1958’s ...
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Fela’s Grammy nod a giant leap for a waking Africa

Fela was a legend with his Koola Lobitos Band. Fela embraced a massive sound. His band often swelled to more than 30 members (including backup singers and dancers) and featured two bass guitars and ...

The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they’re part of the sound of America

In 1774, Lee led eight followers to North America, settling near what is now Albany, New York. As is still true today, ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1949, One of England’s Finest Disco and Pop Songwriters Who Wrote Hits for Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers

Robin Hugh Gibb was born on this day in 1949 in Douglas, Isle of Man, England, along with twin brother and eventual Bee Gees bandmate Maurice Gibb. Allegedly, one of the young Gibbs’ neighbors said ...