These funk and soul classics from 1977 helped connect dance music’s past to its future and reflect the genre's impressive range.

IT WAS A pivotal year in popular music—a point underlined by “1971: Never A Dull Moment”, a book by David Hepworth, a veteran music writer, as well as “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything”, a ...

Music has evolved throughout the decades, but even with the current musical climate, no one can deny the impact of the 1970s. Performers of today have revisited this era to not only pay tribute but to ...

Some songs are so emotional that they'll give you goosebumps with each and every listen, including these tearjerker gems from ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Billy Paul was a powerful and distinctive voice in the golden era of 1970s soul and R&B. While most remember him for his iconic hit “Me and Mrs. Jones,” his body of work reveals a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Bell, the Grammy-winning producer, writer and arranger who helped perfect the "Sound of Philadelphia" of the 1970s with the inventive, orchestral settings of such hits as the ...

Pop vocal trio the Bee Gees performing at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, January, 1979. The 1970s were an eclectic time for music and cultural ...

Singer-songwriter-producer Betty Davis, an icon of future-funk, fashion and bold sexuality in the 1970s, died Wednesday at age 77 in her longtime home of Homestead, Pennsylvania. Davis, who was once ...

Bell worked on more than 30 gold records from 1968-78 as Philadelphia became as much a center of soul music as Detroit and Motown Records were in the 1960s. Thom Bell at the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame ...