Decades after its release, the 1979 Kenny Rogers country hit "Coward of the County" told a powerful small-town story about morality, loyalty, and the consequences of standing by your principles. The ...

Long before there was a "Brat Girl Summer," there was the "Bad Girls Summer" of 1979.

The coming-of-age anthem still resonates more than 30 years after its release.

New wave, the genre of music that saw punk attitude collide with pop's commercial instincts, became a phenomenon in both the U.S. and the U.K. in the aftermath of the punk explosion of the mid-1970s.

One of the biggest No. 1 hits of 1979 didn't just dominate the charts. It completely took over pop culture at the time as radio stations almost seemed to play it on repeat. The track was such a huge ...

In 1979, Sister Sledge released a song that would become one of the most enduring anthems of the disco era. Their single, "We Are Family" soared to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and ...

Everybody loves a good one-hit wonder. Music history is littered with them across all genres, including disco. In 1979, a former Memphis schoolteacher named Anita Ward released her debut album, Songs ...