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When people talk about Elvis Presley’s finest moment, they usually land on the obvious: that first explosive single in 1954, “That’s All...

What if I told you that one of the largest human gatherings ever recorded for a concert—an estimated 1.5 million people—took place not in...

In the summer of 1980, John Lennon , former Beatle, cultural icon, and self-described househusband, undertook a journey that would...

When The Beatles burst onto the global stage in the early 1960s, they didn’t simply ride the wave of pop culture—they redirected its...

If you’ve ever fallen down an internet rabbit hole of famous mugshots, you’ll know the one, David Bowie in a crisp shirt, sharp...

Few figures loom as defiantly or as colourfully in the history of music as Fela Anikulapo Kuti. His name evokes not just a sound, but a...

There are rock drummers, and then there’s John Bonham. The man would hit drums like they owned him money. Few musicians have so...

This series reunites vintage album covers with the locations where their original photos were taken. Photographed by Alex Bartsch , the...

Dylan and his entougrage across the street from the Delmonico Hotel, on Park Ave. and 59th Street, where the Beatles were staying when...

When Ride the Lightning  finally came out in June 1984, it was clear to fans and critics alike that Metallica had raised the bar. The...

Of all the ways to start your career in music, having a future legend turn up at your parents’ doorstep isn’t the usual path. But that’s...

Before stadium tours, before MTV, and long before digital sampling made it possible to fake a perfect drumbeat, one man played the real...

When The Beatles returned to Hamburg in April 1962 for what would be their third stint in the city, they were expecting long nights,...

Before the legendary crooner, before the Rat Pack, before the tumultuous marriages and Hollywood scandals, Frank Sinatra was just another...

The pages of musical history are littered with figures who operated just outside the limelight—people whose names may not be instantly...

In the late 1950s, Władziu Valentino Liberace, the flamboyant American pianist and entertainer known simply as “Liberace,” was at the...

Waylon Jennings (left) in the last photo of Buddy Holly. The 1950s had been a golden era for rock and roll, filled with energetic...

Picture this: it’s 3 a.m. in a dimly lit dance hall in Wigan. The floorboards thud under the weight of dozens of dancers, their moves a...

On January 14, 1967, the polo fields of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park transformed into an ephemeral utopia of peace, music, and...

In a world where sequins meet saddle leather, where pistols become door handles, and where mismatched boots are a fashion statement,...

Few albums have left a cultural footprint as profound as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band . Released on 26 May 1967, it was a bold...

In the mid-1970s, rock and roll stood at a crossroads. For many, it felt like an exclusive "straight white boys and girls club,"...

Otis Redding, a name synonymous with soul music, was more than a performer; he was a force of nature. His career was an unstoppable...

In 1980, things were looking shaky for AC/DC. The band had been rocked by the tragic death of their larger-than-life lead singer, Bon...