Dr. Hook turned Sam Cooke’s “Only Sixteen” into a beloved 1975 hit that still resonates.

“Jackie Blue” nearly sounded very different before producer Glyn Johns pushed Larry Lee and Steve Cash to rewrite its lyrics.

A future congressman and his wife wrote the romantic 1975 favorite, but their record label initially failed to hear a hit.

In 1975, American music history changed when Glen Campbell released "Rhinestone Cowboy", a song that would become one of the most important crossover hits of the decade. Released on May 26, 1975, the ...

Classic rock wouldn’t be the genre it is today without the support of baby boomer rockers who jammed out to songs from the genre’s golden era, especially in 1975. Let’s take a look at a few rock songs ...

Hot Chocolate released 'You Sexy Thing' as a B-side before it was re-issued and became one of the era's biggest hits.

When Steve Harley wrote "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)," he wasn't trying to craft a hit single. Instead, the 1975 song was born out of frustration following the dramatic breakup of Cockney Rebel ...

Many a baby boomer back in 1975 got treated to the smooth, chill stylings of soft rock music. It was a good time for the genre, and plenty of charting hits that year could be defined as soft rock. Let ...

The fall is an exciting time for popular music, when the end-of-summer catalog blends with the final releases before year's end, and the months of September through November of 1975 did not disappoint ...

More than five decades after it was recorded in Doraville, Georgia, Starbuck's "Moonlight Feels Right" remains one of the most recognizable soft rock hits of the 1970s. The song was recorded at Studio ...

A journey to India with George Harrison unexpectedly planted the seed for one of Gary Wright's biggest songs. Released on Wright's 1975 album The Dream Weaver, "Dream Weaver" grew out of the ...