In 1974, a tragedy-inspired pop song beat a rival band to the top spot on the Billboard charts, causing a commotion with its ...

Songs referencing Savile, one of the UK’s most notorious sex offenders, have regularly been sung at Leeds matches since his death in 2011.

Released in 1979 as part of their fifteenth studio album, Spirits Having Flown, the track was written by the frontman along with his late brothers, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb, co-songwriters.

This hit from Terry Jacks was originally a Jacques Brel song from 1961. It was Jacks who turned it into a tragedy pop hit in English, one that topped charts across the board. “Seasons In The Sun” was ...

The last thought on anybody's mind who was running from flying bullets the day of the courthouse shooting was that the whole event would spawn a music and literary bonanza. But that's what happened.

In 1968, The Beatles were working on one of their most groundbreaking records, their self-titled album, better known as the White Album. They were coming off a psychedelic trend with Sgt. Pepper's ...