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Bruce Springsteen attended a thrilling concert when he was a teenager. He shared how the band changed his life for the better.

The Graceland archives is a treasure trove of artifacts documenting the life and career of the King of Rock and Roll.

No genre knows how to express emotions quite like the classic rock power ballad. Case in point: REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling."

Whether you love or hate power ballads, they defined classic rock during the 1980s. REO Speedwagon's "Keep On Loving You" is one of the most famous examples of this trend.

Michael Jackson jumped at the opportunity to play Peter Pan in front of a live audience in a play.

There was a time when academics saw pop music as beneath them and now is not that time. Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" inspired a long-form analysis from a linguistics professor.

Classic rock music has produced few songs as layered, mysterious, and intertextual as Don McLean's "American Pie." The tune took many years to complete.

Dolly Parton entered into the music industry when she was young. Here's how she stood up against her male peers.

Avril Lavigne's greatest hits album has all the singles that fans would expect ... except one. The "Girlfriend" singer decided to keep one track off the album that made numerous headlines.

Classic rock songs from the 1990s definitely had a huge impact on the rap-rock of today. However, its influence on Dua Lipa's 'Radical Optimism' is less obvious.

The king of rock and roll was in negotiations to play the role that eventually went to Kris Kristofferson

Before he was a series superstar, Matt LeBlanc rocked the music video world

Why Rosie Perez was disappointed by Jay-Z during his feud with Nas in the 2000s.

The music from Dua Lipa's 'Radical Optimism' sounds very modern. Despite this, one of the album's creators explained how Motown songs inspired it

Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’ was the most personal album of her career thus far. Her co-writer discussed the inspiration behind one of its most unique songs.

Dolly Parton has been a force in the music industry for decades. A musician she worked with said people took her seriously, even as a child.

If she were able, this conversation would set her mind at ease with how her working relationship with the king of rock and roll ended.

So much modern music feels like it was created by a computer algorithm to appeal to as many people as possible. Dua Lipa's Radical Optimism is the antithesis of that.

Long before anyone had heard of Queen Elsa, Madonna took the world by storm with "Frozen." It's a haunting ballad that’s emotionally provocative rather than sexually provocative.

Everyone has their own idea of what constitutes religious music. Madonna's "Holiday" probably wouldn't make the cut for most people.