When a catalog is as rich and varied as Dusty Springfield's '60s output, even gold dust can get swept away. Unless, that is, you have us to gather together the best of those glittering particles, from  …

It all started with a little television show called Lizzie McGuire, a Disney Channel staple that lasted 65 episodes before a successful film spin-off - the soundtrack of which featured Hilary Du …

Lovers of sweet, glistening R&B, prepare to perspire (in the best possible way) to the masterworks of Keith Sweat: singer, songwriter, producer, heart-melter, and former commodities trader on the New Y …

To say Danny Elfman's busy these days would be an astronomical understatement, what with all the pop-culture-piercing TV theme songs (The Simpsons, Desperate Housewives) and film scores ( …

When Oingo Boingo decided to call it a day at a Halloween concert in 1995 (immortalized in the Farewell disc, including the woozy carnival atmospherics of "Helpless" and the keg party-appropriat …

If Adult Contemporary as such didn't exist when Helen Reddy began recording, in practice she was an archetypal AC artist. On her third charting hit, she recorded the tune for which she would be best re …

Rockers, think you don't like classical music? Classical buffs, can't stand rock 'n' roll? Think again. Composer/producer Paul O'Neill took his skills as guitarist, manager, promoter, and producer and  …

From the instant the Sex Pistols opened for his pub rock band, Bazooka Joe, Stuart Goddard knew he had to jump on board the new wave bullet train. Goodbye, Stuart - hello, Adam Ant. After three years,  …

While "Making History," from B-Side Babies, wasn't technically a B-side, this early track captures the high-energy tribal whoops and thumps that established the Ants and set the stage for Anabel …