When people talk about their favorite country songs, they seemingly pick one from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and so on. Though what they innocently fail to acknowledge is the fact that none of those decades ...

The 1940s were one of the most transformative decades in music history. The 40s brought unforgettable melodies, legendary voices, the rise of swing and big band culture, and a completely new ...

Somehow, the 1940s are almost a century away. The decade, which saw the world go to war for a second time and the fall of the German Nazis, was also an exhilarating time for music. In some ways, it ...

The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier in the 1940s, there were short music films called Soundies. KJZZ's Jill Ryan looks at how Soundies brought Black performers to the ...

It was a time when the top ticket price was $4.40, and audiences were leaving theaters humming new tunes by Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. A Latin craze swept across the boards with ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On July 27, 1940, Billboard magazine published its first “music popularity chart,” listing bestselling retail records of ...