Rob Tannenbaum

The brothers Gibb—Andy, Barry, and Robin—formed the Bee Gees in the late 1950s, but would not see the Billboard's top 20 until 1967's "The Lights Went Out (in Massachusetts)."

Commentary: Disco and the Bee Gees are beloved today. But as Disco Demolition Night and a new HBO documentary demonstrate, that wasn’t true 40 years ago

July 9, 2024 at 11:29 a.m.

Any retelling of the 1970s disco boom has to reckon with Disco Demolition Night, a shameful promotional event staged by Chicago shock-jock DJ Steve Dahl between games of a White...

Prince performs at Wembley Studium in London in August 1986.

Prince ‘Originals’ puts the sex back into songs he gifted to protégés and pals

June 7, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

Only a few performers have written enough great songs that they could afford to give some away to other artists: Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Lennon & McCartney, Missy Elliott, the...

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