The Velvet Sundown, a pop-country band whose hits got played more than one million times on Spotify this summer, never existed. Instead, the band’s likenesses, life stories, marketing materials, ...

One day in October 1972, Paul McCartney received a phone call from Ron Kass, head of Apple Records. McCartney liked Kass and they got on well. After chatting for a while, Kass casually asked McCartney ...

If you’re a songwriter and find yourself stressing over the songwriting stage of a track for hours or days on end, consider this: Why not try writing a song in under an hour? Who knows? You might just ...

Female names used 18 of The Beatles' songs demonstrate how the band leveraged their heartthrob status to showcase their ...

While it might be easy to assume that novelty songs are easier to write than sincere ones, “Whisperin’” Bill Anderson—and countless musical comedians and comedic musicians—would disagree. In his ...

The Beatles are one of those bands that have too many hits to list them. But if there's one that stands out, that would be "Yesterday." The song was not only a huge success, becoming the most covered ...

In 1940, legendary composer and songwriter Irving Berlin told his musical arranger Helmy Kresa that “White Christmas” was not only the best song he ever wrote, but also “the best song anybody ever ...

The pop superstar is the sole writer credited on more than 60 tracks. A prolific talent across country, pop and alternative – with even a little bit of rock and roll at times – Taylor Swift’s pen ...