What is the greatest rock album of the ’70s? You can help decide with UCR’s 2026 March Madness bracket. Last year we got a great response to our Best ’80s Album bracket, which ended with AC/DC’s Back ...

Elton John will be honoured with the 15th Glenn Gould Prize Laureate at an all-star Canadian gala on May 9 in Toronto.

In a 2025 interview, Neil Sedaka recalled how Elton John helped spark his 1970s comeback, and the recording of their ...

Sedaka, who died Feb. 27, was a classical piano prodigy whose hits in the late '50s and early '60s included "Calendar Girl" and "Breaking up is Hard to Do." Originally broadcast in 2007.

Rocket Man by Elton John missed being the top spot in the charts, but the loss is perfectly explained in the song's lyrics.

Forever No. 1 is a Billboard series that pays special tribute to the recently deceased artists who achieved the highest honor our charts have to offer — a Billboard Hot 100 No.

A new book has ranked a 1971 classic as the No. 1 greatest song of all time. Do you agree?

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

We knew it would happen one of these nights as The Eagles continue to take it to the limit, and now the RIAA’s Quadruple Diamond barrier is already gone. The Los Angeles stalwarts’ Their Greatest Hits ...

John Mellencamp’s newly-announced 2026 U.S. tour includes two Michigan performances. The “Hurts So Good” and “Jack & Diane” singer will open the tour in Grand Rapids this summer before making his way ...

The United States may feel like it’s on the brink of a civil war led by its own government, but one thing Americans seem to agree on in our nation’s bisesquicentennial year is the peaceful, easy ...

His career spans five decades. John Mellencamp is going on the road this summer where he plans to play all of his little ditties on his greatest hits tour. In fact, his entire tour will kick-off in ...