In the era leading up to country music's larger-than-life, rock-friendly "hat act" era, Nashville was home to an equal amount of rootsy roughnecks and pop-savvy crossover cowpokes. Even as the New Trad …

Exciting, new country voices popped up like cornhusks on an Iowa plain throughout the '80s, but the vets held up their end with just as much style. Not one to be put out to pasture, George Jones delive …

The musical landscape of the '80s was painted by artists both major and minor, and the one-hit wonders are as much a part of the canvas as anyone. Significantly, this was the first generation to come o …

British comedienne Tracey Ullman did more than give The Simpsons its first home on TV; she recorded (and had a hit with) "They Don't Know," a brilliantly crafted pop paean to the Lesley Gores an …

It was the last decade of the 20th century - heck, it was the last decade of the millennium. A whole history of great music was crammed into those ten years as our '90s ladies laid claim to their share …

You simply have to love a decade that gives you the ultimate in triple-threat superstars (Jennifer Lopez and "If You Had My Love"), rough-edged indie chicks (Liz Phair and "Supernova"), hip-hop high pr …

Nineties nostalgia already? Absolutely. It's easy to get excited when every track triggers a treasured memory of not so long ago. Like the time you celebrated the first day of summer by blasting "MMMBo …

In 1970, the young Michael Jackson, fronting the Jackson 5, charmed America with three chart-topping hits: "ABC," "I Want You Back," and "I'll Be There." On the darker side of pop, Randy Newman's "Mama …

Young MC, Tone-Loc, and especially Public Enemy broke out of the chutes in tough fashion, while both Guns N' Roses and Poison weighed in with power ballads ("Patience" and "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," r …