In 1966, The Monkees scored a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “I’m a Believer.” The song was written by Neil Diamond, who already had launched a successful solo career by that time. [RELATED: ...

Ivory Joe wrote and released “Empty Arms” in 1957. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart. More than a decade later, country singer Sonny James took the song to No. 1 in the early 1970s. James ...

1970 is often considered a watershed for rock & roll. The years on either side - 1969 and 1971 - can make a stronger claim to being the "best," but none was more important than 1970. If it had only ...