Music

American popular music has been around since before America even declared its independence. 'Yankee Doodle,' anyone? That classic was sung by Colonial American soldiers as early as the French and Indian War. Here’s a list of 10 to add to your Fourth of July playlist:

It's the most famous impromptu concert spurred on by a transportation mishap since the Titanic band played as the ship went down.

Our upper Louisiana friends, the Robertson family of Duck Dynasty fame, are putting out a Christmas CD later this year. It's going to be called "Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas" and it drops on October 29th.

The reality show 'Swamp People' has become so popular that now they have their own music video! In the video you are about to watch below, the song is called “Swamp People” sung by Steel Bill.  Check it out courtesy of Mike Soileau with our Townsquare Media affiliates Cajun Radio.

Zach Sobiech is singing with the angels now.

Was it so bad the flight needed to be diverted?

After you dry your eyes you'll want to share with your Facebook friends.

Friday night was 'Metallica Night' at AT&T Park in San Francisco. The Giants gave away Metallica trucker hats and invited members of the Bay Area metal band to throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the scheduled game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ea...

"Lil Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers" will be performing at Festival International on Sunday from 5:15 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.

Using rock music as a nutrient seemed to stimulate plant life and ultimately caused them to produce larger flowers.

'Please Please Me' was a game changer.

The guy can play and even Joel himself seemed very impressed.

Jennifer Hudson nailed "And I'm Tell You" at the Oscars.

Nearly forty years after his death, Elvis Presley is still getting some parents in Utah “All Shook Up” over lyrics they say are too sexual for students to perform in their high school musical. The complaints that ultimately led the school administration to ban the production.

A Swedish man was recently awarded unemployment benefits after getting his addiction to heavy metal music classified as a disability.

While everyone else was sitting around making jokes about horses and bayonets, the 'Autotune the News' folks were working hard to turn Monday night's debate into a song. This is what they came up with.

Anybody who was in high school marching band can go ahead and hang their head in shame now. The Ohio State University marching band just made all those mornings you woke up early to practice 'Taking It to the Streets' totally obsolete.

That's what was missing from yesterday's debate -- a keytar! Brilliant YouTuber Schmoyoho went through footage of the debate from last night between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama and made it into quite a catchy little song. One way or another, you WILL be interested in politics this election season...

It's another Jimmy Fallon musical masterpiece.  This time he joins the cast of the new NBC show 'Guys With Kids' to celebrate the lost art of the TV theme song...by singing a four-minute medley of some of the greatest themes of all time. Added bonuses: audience singalong (naturally) plus a 'Mary Tyler Moore' freeze frame...

Remember the "you didn't build that" debacle? It turns out if you take enough of President Obama's words out of context you can make him do a little rap song that sounds remarkably like "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer. Bonus at 2:52 -- turns out the president is ticklish...