The Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up" just picked up a fresh accolade more than four decades after it hit radio: Billboard ranked it No. 21 on its staff list of the 100 best No. 2 hits in Hot 100 history, ...

'Start Me Up' by The Rolling Stones actually started life as a 1975 reggae track called 'Never Stop'. The iconic British rock band originally recorded the song in a very different style but ultimately ...

It's an easy mistake to make believing that all hit songs come fully formed from the get-go, spewing from the artist's guitar or drum set as easily as someone whistling "Happy Birthday." But in ...

Necessity is the mother of invention, and that’s especially true for artists carving their unique path in the ultra-competitive world of the music business. Some well-established necessities for ...

On this day, 45 years ago, one of the greatest rock songs of the ’80s debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Saturday is the anniversary of several significant moments in music history ...