In honor of Black Music Month in June, The Root is launching an exclusive series about the history of Black music…full of stories and videos telling the story behind some of our favorite songs by ...

Gladys Knight and the Pips were two decades into their career when they released their signature song. Formed in 1952, the legendary band comprised of Gladys Knight, her brother Bubba Knight and their ...

Reflecting with PEOPLE about his headline-making marriage with Farrah Fawcett from 1973 to 1982, Majors recounts a little-known story that songwriter Jim Weatherly was inspired to write the 1973 hit ...

Good songs serve their genre well; great songs transcend these musical categories into something more universal—a phenomenon aptly demonstrated by Gladys Knight’s stunning cover of Kris ...

CNN — Jim Weatherly first gained notice as a University of Mississippi football player, and then as a hit songwriter. And his love for the game led to his greatest success in music, involving first a ...

And so apparently does Knight. “It’s no secret that I love my @kellyrowland,” Knight posted on Instagram in October 2016. “So many people have said that Kelly would be the perfect person to star in my ...

Hop on that Midnight Train to Georgia, or at least Chandler and the Arizona Railway Museum, for National Train Day 2012, Saturday, May 12. It seems a little suspect, but National Train Day was started ...