Sure, Canada had rock bands before the Guess Who, but Burton and the boys were the first one that mattered, especially south of the border. And how big were they in Canada? Their 2003 reunion sh …

The waltz-tempo "Runnin' Down the Street" - written by the Guess Who's Jim Kale and Garry Peterson - owes a debt to Burt Bacharach, splitting the difference between the band's earlier hit "These Eyes"  …

Judas Priest profoundly influenced the direction of metal, especially speed metal and the genre known as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Fusing hard rock with gothic gloom, they became metal arche …

They came together in 1965, from many different directions, united at a crossroads in sunny San Francisco where chaos and beauty, spirituality and upheaval all coexisted. In short order, thanks to earl …

Loaded to the brim with pomp and power, the rock of Styx shakes the very foundations of any stadium or arena that dares to brave the weight of its amp stacks. Styx, of course, is the river that flows t …

With and without her trusty Pips, Gladys Knight has spent the past 45 years adding church-bred sophistication and grace to heartbreaking ballads like "Neither One of Us" and sweat-soaked dance-floor st …

Few outfits nailed a tropical R&B groove better than Harry Wayne "KC" Casey, partner Richard Finch, and their dance-happy Sunshine Band, which became a cornerstone of the "Miami Sound." The band, which …

Big and brash, Bessie Smith tore through a song like nobody's business. In the '20s, she lived a hard life full of booze and sex and love gone wrong - and sang about all of it with a full-throated sass …

Listen to the slashing slide and Delta-driven vocal attack of the man most responsible for changing the course of Chicago blues. Muddy's ensemble was peerless, a well-oiled machine that swung effortles …