The year 1979 was an amazing year in country music, although it likely wasn’t as evident at the time. The year, a precursor to the iconic 80s, saw the release of some of country music’s best songs, ...

There was no year quite like 1979, and these baby boomer-beloved classic rock tunes from that year have stood the test of ...

New wave, the genre of music that saw punk attitude collide with pop's commercial instincts, became a phenomenon in both the U.S. and the U.K. in the aftermath of the punk explosion of the mid-1970s.

Long before there was a "Brat Girl Summer," there was the "Bad Girls Summer" of 1979.

In 1979, Christopher Cross released a song that would define the early sound of soft rock. The single "Sailing" rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980, marking Cross's first major breakthrough ...