American Songwriter

Chart Check-In: 5 Super-Cool Songs that Were in the Top 40 This Week in 1980

It’s always fun to take a look back through the Billboard Top 40 pop charts of the past to see what songs tickled our collective fancy back in the day. The year 1980 was a kind of holding pattern in ...
People

LL Cool J Brings Back Iconic Smash Hit to 'Knock Out' Cancer in Super Bowl Ad

The rapper’s 1991 hit “Mama Said Knock You Out” provides the soundtrack for Pfizer’s cancer-busting commercial LL COOL J/Youtube; Arnold Turner/Getty LL Cool J is bringing back an iconic hit for a ...
Dallas Observer

Super Sad Song Show Hosts Invite You to Feel at Spinster Records

Get ready to jam – and cry it out. At Super Sad Song Show, the founders, Ashton Edminster and Piper Byers, aim to showcase local musicians’ most personal work. Edminster first conceived the idea for ...
American Songwriter

Chart Check-In: 5 Super-Cool Songs from the Top 40 Charts This Week in 1972

You can usually find some songs you might not have thought of in a while when you randomly peruse the Billboard Top 40 charts from a given year. For whatever reason, the charts from this week in 1972 ...