One hundred seventeen years ago today, the country singer/songwriter and guitarist who influenced generations was born in Kentucky.

Just because a song is a novelty song doesn't mean it's easier to write, as Whisperin' Bill Anderson can attest.

Is there a music genre less respected than novelty music? Well, disco, but we weep not for the dead. The novelty song, which for our purposes here is defined as "a comical or nonsensical song," is ...

In the ’80s and ’90s, nothing was a bigger cultural tastemaker than MTV. Long before it became the home to endless reality shows, it played nothing but music videos 24 hours a day. If you wanted to ...