Dr Pepper tried to drum up publicity by promising a free bottle to everyone in America if Guns N' Roses came out with their long-delayed 'Chinese Democracy' album in 2008. No one expected the band to do it. When they did, Dr Pepper suddenly had to make go

MUSIC HISTORY
In the 35 years since its release, Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" has been covered by more than 300 artists in a variety of genres and become a staple of TV singing shows. Not bad for a song that Cohen's own record label hated.
In the late 1980s, David Hasselhoff enjoyed an unlikely career as a pop musician in Germany. Did the 'Baywatch' star help bring about the fall of the Berlin Wall?
Over the course of the 1980s, INXS went from fledgling Australian pub rockers to global superstars. Then tragedy struck when, in 1997, lead singer Michael Hutchence was found dead.
With their raucous mix of rock and hip-hop, the Beastie Boys were a band everyone could love. They also made killer music videos, and “Sabotage” is arguably one of the best in the history of the medium.
Though he’s widely considered one of the most iconic musicians of the 20th century, Jimi Hendrix passed away as his career was really just getting started.
The Walkman has received a 2019 upgrade for its 40th birthday. The new device plays all your favorite music—just as long as they're not on cassette tapes.
Before he was Queen's frontman, Freddie Mercury—who was born Farrokh Bulsara—was a baggage handler at Heathrow Airport.
The music festival still carries a wealth of cultural relevance. Fans have a middle-aged farmer to thank for it.
On August 1, 1942, Jerry Garcia was born in San Francisco, California—and would soon go on to change the history of music as we know it.
Who are America’s all-time favorite musicians and bands? When it comes to the best-selling artists of all time, The Beatles still rule—yes, even a half-century after their breakup.
On July 11, 1969—just weeks before the Apollo 11 landing—David Bowie's iconic single 'Space Oddity' was released.
For decades, "This Land Is Your Land" been a staple of kindergarten classrooms "from California to the New York island," as the lyrics go. But Woody Guthrie didn't intend for the song to be a ringing endorsement of American exceptionalism—he wrote it for
Given the tens of millions of copies each of these albums have sold, you're almost guaranteed to have at least one of them in your collection.
Locked within Universal Music's vault since the time of its recording in April 1986, the track was produced at Abbey Road Studios as part of 'Time,' a concept album by Dave Clark.
Rock 'n' roll has produced larger-than-life personalities and some of the most indelible moments of pop culture, and this poster print illustrates many of the most important.
In 1966, all four members of The Beatles performed on the BBC show 'Top of the Pops.' A few weeks later, they gave their last scheduled concert.
Though much has been written about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the most entertaining look at the master composer's life might very well be Amadeus, Milos Forman's 1984 film about the artist's life (and rivalries).
Willie Nelson is one of the world’s most accomplished musicians—and not just in the country music world.
The Doodle lets you create your own Bach-inspired harmonies—with a little help from a machine learning model that was fed 306 Bach harmonies.
Haunted houses wouldn't be as scary without the Baroque master's 'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.' But that's not all we have to thank him for.
This art poster visually charts the discography of the Beatles using songs like "Here Comes the Sun," "Strawberry Fields Forever," and "Blackbird."