The 1940s were one of the most transformative decades in music history. The 40s brought unforgettable melodies, legendary voices, the rise of swing and big band culture, and a completely new ...

The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier in the 1940s, there were short music films called Soundies. KJZZ's Jill Ryan looks at how Soundies brought Black performers to the ...

It was a time when the top ticket price was $4.40, and audiences were leaving theaters humming new tunes by Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. A Latin craze swept across the boards with ...

One day, while living in Los Angeles earlier this year, Mon Laferte jumped in her car, rolled down the windows, and began to drive through Malibu. She had the music turned all the way up and she felt, ...

The score that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed for HBO’s limited series “Watchmen” could be boiled down to this: It was the most Nine Inch Nails of times, it was the least Nine Inch Nails of ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On July 27, 1940, Billboard magazine published its first “music popularity chart,” listing bestselling retail records of ...