The Kinks changed rock music forever with the use of one particular type of chord on their 1964 hit, "You Really Got Me." ...

In the music world, perfection is hard to come by, but everybody - including Glenn Frey - seems to agree on the genius of ...

Country legend Johnny Cash once rejected the offer to record this Tom Petty song because of a single chord in the progression.

The Beatles never lacked creative ingenuity, but George Harrison claimed that he invented his own chord on this classic.

Light My Fire” wasn’t the Doors’ first single — that honor went to “Break on Through (To the Other Side).” It was actually ...

Trying to choose 15 songs from Quincy Jones' illustrious career in music is a steep challenge, but you can't go wrong with ...

We all have those tunes that just get under our skin, but what happens when it’s one you came up with in the first place?

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“Cherry, Cherry” features a dance solo from Hannah Jewel Kohn, who is incandescent as Diamond’s second wife, Marcia Murphey. The energy of the music is off the charts, and Hoggett’s choreography as ...

Quincy Jones version, recorded for his 1973 album You've Got It Bad Girl, is almost unrecognisable as the same song. Lazily ...

Voicing simple 7th chords in every key is something all jazz pianists (and pianists who play from lead sheets in general) should be able to do. Without getting too fancy with 9ths and 13ths and ...