The Carpenters sold more than 30 million records with the irresistible combination of her soft-rock contralto and her brother’s lush arrangements.

Dusty Springfield passed away; Bo Diddley recorded his first single; the Four Seasons notched their third number-one hit; the ...

In 1960, Sedaka and Greenfield wrote the theme song for Where The Boys Are, a romantic comedy co-starring Francis that ...

The name Randy Edelman may not automatically ring a bell, but unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve undoubtedly heard the piano-playing composer’s ...

Long before it became one of their most hauntingly beautiful hits, this 1972 Carpenters ballad was quietly inspired by an old ...

Starts before Friday “Hamilton”: 1 and 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays, 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, March 4 through April 26; plus 1 p.m. Thursday, ...

The brother of the '70s soft rock icon, Richard Carpenter, posted a loving tribute to her on Instagram, reminding the world ...

The song was so popular that the title became its own idiom. The Carpenters caressed "Rainy Days And Mondays" to soft-rock perfection.

"Free as a Bird" by The Beatles returns to the top 10 on a pair of sales lists in the U.K. as the decades-old tune becomes a surprise bestseller again.

This can be a difficult time of year. After feasting on exhilarating football from September through the Super Bowl, we're suddenly staring at a seven-month wait for meaningful NFL games to begin ...

Paula Abdul’s 1988 hit Straight Up sold over 1 million copies, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and became a defining pop song of the 1980s.

“Today is the day we all contribute and show our support for Chinatown,” Bass says in one video. But the tone quickly turned sour. A man filming the mayor — who appeared to identify himself as a ...