The Kinks released "You Really Got Me," which put power chords on the map, and has a popular myth involving Led Zeppelin ...

Jimmie Rodgers, whom many credit as the founder of country music, died 93 years ago today in New York City. He was just 35 ...

Born in Mississippi on September 8, 1897, Charles James “Jimmie” Rodgers later birthed an entire genre when he recorded the song “Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)” in February 1928. Diagnosed with ...

Theodore Dreiser claimed "Back Home Again in Indiana" drew too much from the state song, composed by his brother, and he ...