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Billy Crystal discusses the genesis of a Civil Rights Movement anthem created by Billie Holiday and his uncle Milt Gabler in the new PBS docuseries 'Black & Jewish America: An Interwoven History'.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Nine of the songs inside the top 10 on the Hot 100 are Christmas ...

Country music's Christmas songs are like side dishes at your fancy holiday dinner. Most country fans reach for the standards, but a few will always prefer those specialty treats. Others you may simply ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons (L) and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, of Run-DMC, speak during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ...

Dec. 24 (UPI) --Christmas music often brings to mind familiar carols and pop standards that return every December. But over the years, artists across punk, indie, hip-hop and alternative rock have ...

At the height of her career, Mariah Carey took a risk by releasing a holiday song. Given what we know about the singer who has dubbed herself "Queen of Christmas," and the ubiquity of the seasonal hit ...

Christmas music fills the air every December, but much of what dominates playlists is remakes of familiar classics. For listeners searching for holiday tracks that feel fresh yet still capture the ...

Christmas music brings us some of the most cheerful and comforting songs ever released. Though the genre is mostly reserved for the festive season, some holiday tracks have sustained mass popularity ...

Here’s the good news: There’s a whole world of modern Christmas music that exists outside of what restaurants and retail stores play ad nauseam starting Nov. 1. Now for the bad news: That world has ...

Christmas and country music were made for each other. Sure, the classics — from Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas” to Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December” — still define the season, but ...

Like fruitcake and tangled lights, holiday songs show up every year, some nice, some naughty. For the past five decades, several Christmas songs have risen above the tinsel and snow to become true ...