In a lot of the songs that went to #1 in the late ’50s or early ’60s, sex was a factor. It was there. Restrictive radio standards kept the singers from ever mentioning it, but these were teenagers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's ...

In a new episode of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, Carole King discussed her multiple entries on the list, both her solo hits and ones she co-penned with ex-husband and creative partner Gerry ...

A member of one of the most influential vocal groups, the singer helped to make music history with a groundbreaking chart ...

In 1960, American girl group The Shirelles released "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," a song that became one of the most talked-about songs of their career. Some of the more conservative radio stations ...

The Shirelles were just teenagers when they sang their own doo-wop song, "I Met Him on a Sunday," and brought down the house at the annual Passaic High School talent show in 1957. In the audience, a ...

Members of 1960s girls group sue Warner Bros. for violating their rights in new Broadway musical. By Eriq Gardner On the day that Warner Bros. premiered its new Broadway musical, Baby It’s You, ...

The producers of a new Broadway musical about the 1960s girl group The Shirelles have been hit with a lawsuit charging them of pilfering the names and likenesses of the original members. By Billboard ...

In 1960, Gerry Goffin and Carole King were toiling in a Brooklyn basement apartment. The couple, married the year before, had written dozens of songs but hadn’t scored a hit. Then they caught a break: ...

Writing in this space recently, I said that the Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman" might've been the first #1 song to acknowledge, however obliquely, the early days of the Vietnam War. That became a ...