But as the UCR staff-selected list below of the Top 40 Songs of 1976 shows, the music that dominated headlines at the end of the decade was starting to make a pass in the fast lane. You’ll find pop, ...

Once the decade began angling toward its conclusion, punk reacted to legacy rock acts while legacy acts attempted to reinvent themselves to stay relevant. So let’s look at three songs from 1976 that ...

One of ABBA’smost popular songs, selling more than six million copies after its release in 1976, was originally called "Tango ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States turned 200 years old in 1976 (happy birthday to us!), and as the bicentennial celebrations ramped up that spring ...

Nick Lowe knew what he was doing with the melody of “So It Goes”. This repetitive, stuck-in-your-head classic power pop track was inspired by Kurt Vonnegut and isn’t anything particularly special in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How often do you use the phrase "mamma mia!" to express yourself? If you're Italian or the Nintendo protagonist Mario, the answer ...

Extended as is Joe Marchese's essay in the twelve-page booklet enclosed with Swan Songs, it is nonetheless as breezy and free-flowing as the content spread across the two compact discs. Consisting of ...