This Moment in Music History for 05-28-2025

On June 29th, 1958, something extraordinary happened that would forever change the landscape of American popular music. On this sweltering summer day in Nashville, Tennessee, a young rockabilly singer named Bobby Helms walked into the Columbia Recording Studios and laid down voca ...  Show more

On June 28th, 1997, something truly remarkable happened in the world of music that would forever change the landscape of British pop and introduce the world to one of the most successful girl groups of all time. The Spice Girls released their iconic second single "Say You'll Be T ...  Show more

Every once in a while, something extraordinary happens in rock’n’roll…I hate the use of the cliché of “a perfect storm,” but that’s precisely what I’m talking about…a bunch of things involving culture, politics, demographics, economics and technology all collide and mix in just t ...  Show more

Entre 1977 et 1982 le quatuor britannique secoue le monde en racontant son époque, en hurlant ses révoltes et ses convictions. Mais à la différence des slogans destructeurs et nihilistes des Sex Pistols, les Clash balancent des messages plus humanistes, et positifs. Leur différen ...  Show more

“Wind Of Change” by Scorpions has the rare distinction of being a history lesson within a huge rock ballad, released after the Berlin Wall came crashing down in 1989 in the band’s native Germany. In the years since, it has become a unifying theme song for the circumstances around ...  Show more

What are the origins of Britain’s original bad boys, The Rolling Stones? Where did they all come from and how did they meet? What was it about the 1960s, with its air of sexual liberation, newly elected Labour government, and rising youth culture that allowed them to burst onto t ...  Show more