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Christmas Songs That Once Ruled the Billboard Charts

There was a December when we didn’t scroll for music. We just turned on the radio and let the station decide. Billboard told the stations what people were buying and requesting, so when a Christmas ...

A Haunting 1971 Love Song by The Carpenters Is Karen Carpenter at Her Absolute Best

In the early 1970s, "Superstar" was a song that had already been recorded by a handful of famous faces. Written by Bonnie ...

Hundreds of bagpipers, including 98-year-old, break world record with rendition of AC/DC’s ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top’

The Australian Book of Records confirmed that the sea of tartan-wearing pipers shattered a record set by 333 pipers in ...

Bagpipers claim world record with AC/DC’s ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top’

Billed as “The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash,” the eclectic performance took place in Melbourne’s Federation Square, on ...
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On This Day in 1973, Kris Kristofferson’s First Collaborative Album With Wife Rita Coolidge Knocked His Previous Album off the Top of the Chart

[RELATED: On This Day in 1973, Kris Kristofferson Landed His First and Only Solo No. 1 on the Country Albums Chart] She was right, the pair said “I do” in August 1973. They released Full Moon the next ...

Hundreds of Bagpipers Set World Record With Cover of AC/DC's ‘It's Long Way to the Top'

Hundreds of bagpipers broke a world record this week when they assembled in Australia to perform AC/DC ‘s "It's a Long Way to ...