Put on a record in 1960 and you’d have heard Chubby Checker trying to convince America to contort itself at parties. Play ...

There was no musical era quite like the 1960s, and that was definitely the golden age for soul and R&B music. Countless soulful hits made it to the top of the charts, and many of those songs were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portrait of rock singer Del Shannon holding guitar. - The 1960s marked an unquestionable evolution—and revolution—in rock music.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even "Yesterday," one of the most classic (and oft-recorded) ballads in music history, failed to crack the Easy Listening chart.

The charts in no way, shape, or form truly mark the quality of a legendary song. Now, every so often, the charts get it correct by placing an absolute staple at No. 1 on the Hot 100. However, and more ...

The 1960s were a great era for music. Beatlemania took over the world, Chubby Checker inspired a dance craze, and Nancy Sinatra sent girls flocking to buy go-go boots. In 1964, Motown Records—which ...