Dave “Baby” Cortez’s rollicking "The Happy Organ" reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 in May 1959, becoming the first instrumental hit to top the chart.

Woody at Home - Vol 1 + 2 includes numerous previously unreleased tracks by the legendary folk singer-songwriter ...

Kris Kristofferson may have written some beautiful character portraits, but he knew few captured the American essence quite like the legends.

A 40th anniversary edition of Jesus and Mary Chain ‘Psychocandy’ will be released through Jack White’s Third Man Records.

Eventually though, the janitor managed to set himself apart as a songwriter and finally got the Man in Black’s attention. In fact, Cash was such a fan that Kristofferson recalls one time that Cash ...

Including works by the likes of The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks and more, was 1971 the greatest year in music history? Read more about it here.

Kristofferson, who died Sept. 28, was a Rhodes Scholar and an Army Ranger before taking a chance at songwriting. "Me and Bobby McGee" is perhaps his most famous song. Originally broadcast in 1999.

If Kris Kristofferson’s life were fiction, it would feel a little implausible. He was a Texas-born Golden Gloves boxer and star football player, a Rhodes Scholar and a helicopter-flying US Army ...

Joplin’s path was cut short. She formally recorded “Me and Bobby McGee” in September 1970. It was released in January 1971. Between those two dates, the singer died of a heroin overdose.

He put me on stage the first time.” One of his most recorded songs, “Me and Bobby McGee,” was written based on a recommendation from Monument Records founder Fred Foster.

He put me on stage the first time.” One of his most recorded songs, “Me and Bobby McGee,” was written based on a recommendation from Monument Records founder Fred Foster.