These rock songs are some of the most famous tunes from 1979. And yet, somehow, they never hit No. 1 on the charts.

Forty years ago, America was filled with tube tops and harness boots, the Atari and the Walkman. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and the U.K. elected Margaret Thatcher. The snowboard was invented ...

Looking in the rear view mirror to 40 years ago, we couldn't help but notice the overabundance of musical riches from the year 1979. Classic releases from multiple genres like rock, rap, R&B, disco, ...

This one might be a little bit of a deep cut. However, if you were the kind of kind who ate up bubblegum pop like it was candy, you definitely remember “You Take My Breath Away” by Rex Smith. Released ...

No one has achieved a more perfect trifecta of big hair, vintage clothes and danceable post-punk than The B-52’s. The influential, one-of-a-kind band arrived on the punk scene in the late 1970s, and ...

All this week, Rocks Off will be looking at the biggest years for goth music, and exactly what they meant for the genre. Like any good structure, goth is built on the foundations of other previous ...