The Byrds' classic "Turn! Turn! Turn!" didn't sound like anything else on the radio when it hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1965. For starters, the lyrics came from the Book of Ecclesiastes, ...

Anyone who thought the Byrds' debut album was the work of a one-hit wonder based on the commercial success of "Mr. Tambourine ...

The Byrds almost covered another Bob Dylan track before settling on a folk standard Pete Seeger wrote in the late 1950s.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Morgan Elliott The Byrds were a massively influential group whose legacy has faded ...

In June, with so little fanfare they weren’t even listed on the bill, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman took the stage at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium to play a song from “Sweetheart of the Rodeo.” They ...

Chris Hillman, a founding member of the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers, and one of the architects of country-rock and folk-rock, poses at the Ortega Adobe in Ventura, Calif., on Dec. 3, 2020.

When the Byrds released “Mr. Tambourine Man” in 1965, they introduced Bob Dylan’s songs to a new audience and launched a career that would make them among the most influential rock bands of all time.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Chris Hillman did not single-handedly invent country-rock in between co-founding the acclaimed San Diego bluegrass band the Scottsville Squirrel Barkers in 1961 and ...

Folk rock dominated the pop charts in the mid-1960s. These four massive hits put their definitive stamp on the genre.

The Byrds' classic "Turn! Turn! Turn!" didn't sound like anything else on the radio when it hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1965. For starters, the lyrics came from the Book of Ecclesiastes, ...