Billboard counts down the best country acts of the past (almost) 100 years. Ever since Ralph Peer held his famous recording ...

Today in Music History for Nov. 6: In 1814, Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, was born in Belgium. In 1854, John Philip Sousa, the king of American march music, was born in Washington, D.C. He ...

Duke Ellington was a musical hero to Canadian pianist Oscar Peterson, who recorded the first of two tribute albums to the great jazz bandleader in 1952 on Clef Records, a label under the Verve ...

The legendary Muscle Shoals studio defined the sound of Southern soul before becoming one of the go-to studios for the biggest names in music. The sleepy town of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, would ...

Brenda Lee — Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Country Music Hall of Famer —chatted about her “Greatest Hits ... album were in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. “My label ...

Looking at the roster of top-selling records, you could easily think greatest hits albums are doing better ... for superfans and their vinyl or CD collections, often with dressy packaging and ...

“Last Leaf on the Tree” is an album of firsts and familiarities; it is Nelson’s first album produced entirely by his son Micah, which includes a few originals and covers from Nelson staples ...

Greatest Hits is a huge one, since a lot of these songs ... But there's no way the variance is so large that this album isn't deemed "Hot Enough" by regular viewers. It's definitely "Hot Enough ...

Willie Nelson's first recorded song was a bit of a failure for the young country star, but it was also the beginning of an inspiring career.

Like many music fans, I am fascinated by lists of albums. Whether it’s a particular artist's albums being rated or maybe a ...

“Last Leaf on the Tree” is an album of firsts and familiarities; it is Nelson’s first album produced entirely by his son Micah, which includes a few originals and covers from Nelson staples ...