Angie Stone's entire two decade-plus career is best summed up by one song: "Love of My Life Worldwide," an estrogen-powered posse cut featuring a sample of the Sequence's hit 1979 single "Funk You Up." …

Hard to believe that's Angie Stone passing the mic in the certified old-school single "And You Know That," isn't it? That's her, though, getting her start on the legendary rap label Sugar Hill Records. …

It's a testament to Chicago's popularity and staying power that nearly every one of the group's Basics is instantly recognizable to the American listening public. We here at iTunes are only too happy t …

After living out the '90s as indie pop's most coveted baritone, Stephin Merritt vaulted to mainstream attention with 1999's appropriately titled 69 Love Songs. Over a whopping three albums, Merr …

Shinedown come by their Southern rock roots honestly - founding guitarist Jasin Todd married Ronnie Van Zant's daughter Melody, and their earliest demos were done at her studio. But musically, these Ja …

In that funny little interval between the moment that big bands blew their last breath and rock 'n' roll redefined every rule in pop culture, a small (but sincere) group of former jazz singers dominate …

Maybe it's a little, um, deceitful to say our featured songs are all from the Great American Songbook, since only one of them was actually written by an American, but these standards, no matter  …

With an ache in her voice like fine etching in crystal, Dionne Warwick established herself as one of the all-time great female vocalists, unique in tone and style. Nurtured to fame by Brill Building so …

Contemporaries like Badfinger and the Raspberries may have scored the hits, but the sometimes shattered, sometimes sunny songs of writers Alex Chilton and Chris Bell earn Big Star pop-rock luminary sta …