1970 is often considered a watershed for rock & roll. The years on either side - 1969 and 1971 - can make a stronger claim to being the "best," but none was more important than 1970. If it had only ...

It's free Billboard charts month! Starting today (Sept. 2) and running through Sept. 30, subscribers to Billboard's Chart Beat newsletter, which is emailed each Friday, can unlock access to ...

Ivory Joe wrote and released “Empty Arms” in 1957. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart. More than a decade later, country singer Sonny James took the song to No. 1 in the early 1970s. James ...