Song Lists

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The best songs of 1964

The 30 best songs of 1964

Song Lists

Quincy Jones and his collaborators

Quincy Jones' 10 greatest songs, ranked

Song Lists

David Essex

David Essex's 10 greatest songs ever, ranked

Song Lists

T. Rex, thanks to their founder and bandleader Marc Bolan, are widely considered to be the definitive glam rock band.

Marc Bolan and T Rex's 15 greatest songs ever, ranked

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Bill Withers in 1971. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Bill Withers’ 10 greatest songs, ranked

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Song Facts

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Mud - Lonely This Christmas

'Lonely This Christmas' by Mud: The making of the Elvis-inspired Christmas classic

Song Facts

ELO - Mr Blue Sky

'Mr Blue Sky' by ELO: The making of Jeff Lynne's Beatles-inspired hit

Song Facts

Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

'Born to Run' by Bruce Springsteen: The making of the Boss's breakthrough hit

Song Facts

Richard and Karen Carpenter

'(They Long to Be) Close to You' by Carpenters: The making of the duo's breakthrough hit

Song Facts

The Foundations

'Build Me Up Buttercup' by The Foundations: The making of the Brit soul classic

Song Facts

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Tom Jones and Ella Fitzgerald on This Is... Tom Jones

The magical moment Tom Jones sang 'I'll Be Home For Christmas' for Ella Fitzgerald

Tom Jones

Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby facts: Songs, films, real name, life and death of the 'White Christmas' icon

Hall Of Fame

The day he quit The Beatles, George Harrison went home and wrote a song that'd become one of his most beloved solo tracks.

The song George Harrison wrote on the day he quit The Beatles

The Beatles

The Yardbirds' 1965 breakthrough song 'For Your Love' was offered out to The Beatles first.

How a song intended for The Beatles became The Yardbirds' biggest hit

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It's been over fifty years since Queen made their major breakthrough on Tops Of The Pops in 1974.

Killer Queen: When Queen rocked Top Of The Pops and changed music forever

Queen

David Bowie and The Snowman

How David Bowie ended up introducing Christmas classic The Snowman

David Bowie

The Beatles: Now and Then

The Beatles: 'Now and Then' is up for a Grammy, but how many have they won before?

The Beatles

Dusty Springfield

Dusty Springfield: Real name, songs, partners and death of the Queen of Blue-Eyed Soul

Hall Of Fame

Cher

Cher facts: Songs, age, films, husbands and children of the Goddess of Pop

Music

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA

Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen: The story of The Boss's biggest-selling album

Music

Bruce Springsteen through the years

Bruce Springsteen facts: Songs, albums, age, family, and why he's called The Boss revealed

Hall Of Fame

Roger Moore - James Bond

When Roger Moore proved that he was maybe the greatest James Bond of all

TV and Film

Sting

Sting facts: Songs, films, wife, children and net worth of the former Police frontman

Music

Bob Dylan, Timothee Chalamet and Elle Fanning for the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown

Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown: Cast, release date, director, plot and songs

Music

Karen Carpenter drumming

Watch Karen Carpenter prove she was one of the most underrated drummers ever when she was just 18

Music

After six years away from the stage, Paul McCartney's return to performance at Live Aid in 1985 was very nearly a complete disaster. (Photo by Steve Rapport/Getty Images)

How Paul McCartney's 1985 return to the stage at Live Aid was nearly a disaster

Paul McCartney

Latest News

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Davy Jones

Davy Jones facts: The Monkees singer's life, songs, wife, children and death explained

The Monkees

Bob Dylan and Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan has insisted that his biopic must have one totally inaccurate moment in it

Music

Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart announces his retirement from "large-scale world tours"

Rod Stewart

Peter Tork Of The Monkees

Peter Tork facts: Monkees singer's career, family, songs and death explained

The Monkees

Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac announce "definitive" documentary about the band

Fleetwood Mac

Dennis Byron and the Bee Gees

Bee Gees' disco drummer Dennis Bryon dies at the age of 76

Bee Gees

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Sonny Bono and Cher

Cher claims Sonny Bono "took all my money" when they were married

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Ringo Starr and Alison Krauss

Ringo Starr releases new collaboration 'Thankful' with Alison Krauss: listen now

The Beatles

The Bee Gees and Colin Petersen

Bee Gees original drummer Colin Petersen dies, aged 78

Bee Gees

Beatles '64

Beatles '64: Watch the trailer for the new Fab Four in America documentary

The Beatles

Shel Tamly in 1972

Shel Talmy – famed producer of The Who and The Kinks – dies aged 87

The Kinks

David Bowie wearing The Scarf in The Snowman

The Snowman: You can now buy an official David Bowie scarf from the Christmas animation

David Bowie

Quizzes

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Play our lyrics quiz!

QUIZ: Can you guess the next lyric to these classic 60s, 70s and 80s songs?

Quizzes

1970s Music Quiz

QUIZ: How much do you know about 1970s music?

Quizzes

1960s Music Quiz

QUIZ: How much do you know about 1960s music?

Quizzes

Comedy Catchphrases

QUIZ: Can you name the comedy from these classic TV catchphrases?

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Great British Icons

QUIZ: How much do you know about these Great British icons?

Quizzes

Tom Jones lyrics quiz

QUIZ: How well do you know Tom Jones song lyrics?

Tom Jones