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What do you really want to know about the music artists you love most? American Songwriter has the latest news on popular music’s most fascinating figures, of course. But let’s go deeper. Let’s pick through the inner-workings of a smash hit. Or learn about songs you may think you know well, but most certainly do not know the famous artists who wrote them.

Is a rising star you’ve only kinda-sorta heard about playing the Grammys? We’ll have interesting articles with backstory galore on what makes them tick as songwriters and musicians. Perhaps the singer you saw live the other night name-checked a legendary influence you’re not familiar with. American Songwriter will familiarize you with the source of your favorite artist’s inspiration.

The unique angles from which we approach music history are just about endless. Your path to music wisdom just got a whole lot shorter.

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  • Portrait of American music duo David & David as they pose at the Park West Theater, Chicago, Illinois, November 16, 1986. Pictured are David Baerwald (left) and David Ricketts. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)

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  • On This Day in 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival Kicked off a Streak of Narrowly Missing No. 1

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    On This Day in 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival Fell Just Short of No. 1 With a Classic Song Made More Famous by a Grammy-Winning Husband-Wife Duo

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    Dolly Parton Once Gave a Confusing Note to Jeff “Skunk” Baxter in the Studio, but I Actually Think He Nailed It

  • 4 Rock Songs From 1984 That Will Always Make Me Want To Dance

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    4 Rock Songs From 1984 That Will Always Make Me Want To Dance

    March 8, 2026, 4:30 pm

  • On This Day in 2010, This Massive Pop Star Became the Youngest Album of the Year Winner at the Grammys

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    Remember When Taylor Swift Won Her First Grammy Award in 2010?

    March 8, 2026, 4:00 pm

  • On This Day in 1975, John Denver Recorded Two Chart-Topping Hits—Including a Heartfelt Tribute to His Wife

    On This Day in 1975, John Denver Recorded Two Chart-Topping Hits—Including a Heartfelt Tribute to His Wife

    March 8, 2026, 3:32 pm

  • Born To Gallop? Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder Shares His Terrifying Horseback-Riding Experience with Bruce Springsteen

    Born To Gallop? Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder Shares His Terrifying Horseback-Riding Experience With Bruce Springsteen

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  • Ozzy Osbourne performing in 2000

    Ozzy Osbourne Once Rejected This Song From a Y2K Power Pop Band, but Now I Can’t Unhear It

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  • On This Day in 1971: Rod Stewart Scored His First Hot 100 Chart-Topper with His Classic Song “Maggie May”

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  • John Anderson Wrote These 4 Country Songs, Which Still Sound Like Classics Today

    John Anderson Wrote These 4 Country Songs (and They Still Sound Like Classics Today)

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  • Loretta Lynn performing

    10 Songs by Female Country Artists That Were Banned From the Radio

    March 8, 2026, 1:42 pm

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