The year of 1974 stands out as a prime era for novelty songs and highly melodramatic story songs. Many of those songs ascended to the very top of the charts in that calendar year. It left songs with ...

In 1974, a tragedy-inspired pop song beat a rival band to the top spot on the Billboard charts, causing a commotion with its teary story of war and lost love. Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods took the ...

In 1974, music fans did a double take when a voice strikingly similar to Neil Diamond climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard charts with a catchy pop hit. Andy Kim was the artist behind the chart-topper, ...

Pop music has always been a delight, but there’s something about mid-1970s pop bangers that just continue to age well. Let’s look at just a few pop bangers from 1974, specifically, that probably make ...

Along with “Roxette,” Patterns on the Window - The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1974 features a few other tracks associated with the back-to-basics pub rock phenomenon: Ace’s soul-rock hit “How ...