Dayton is known for its rich funk music heritage from the 1970s and ‘80s. The global impact of the Ohio Players, Heatwave, Zapp and other hometown products is well documented. Of course, nothing is ...

Perhaps the singles scene isn’t hopeless or moribund after all. Those 7-inch vinyl beauties – known as 45 rpm singles – may not be relegated only to museums and yard sales. When the 5-inch compact ...

Some bands play original material. Other bands play cover songs to put a dance floor in motion, which can translate into hearing Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration,” Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk” and Chappell ...

This box is as impractical as it is beautiful. There are 11 CD singles, pressed to look like 45 rpm singles (complete with "grooves"). By Billboard Staff This box is as impractical as it is beautiful.

Kelsey McKinney asks today why popular songs are almost all 3-5 minutes long. The historical basis for this is obvious: 45 rpm singles hold about three minutes of music, so modern pop music was born ...

Most fans of vinyl are happy collecting 33 1/3 RPM albums, 7-inch 45 RPM singles, and the odd 12-inch. A subset dig for rare 78 RPM discs, especially the blues recordings of the 1920s and ’30s. But ...