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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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  • On This Day in 1969, John Lennon and Paul McCartney Recorded a Song So Controversial Radio Stations Banned It

    Years Before It Was Banned, a Cranky John Lennon Saved This Beatles Track From a Bad Case of Writer’s Block

    January 5, 2026, 2:57 pm

  • 3 Amazing 1982 Songs That Would Have Flopped if They Were Released Today

    January 5, 2026, 2:17 pm

  • Kenny Rogers

    On This Day in 1980, Kenny Rogers Started a Three-Week Run at No. 1 With a Massive Hit That Caused Trouble for a Popular Country Trio

  • Blondie 1979

    This Beloved Blondie Track Only Saw the Light of Day as a Last-Ditch Effort (That Their Drummer Refused To Play)

    January 5, 2026, 1:30 pm

  • RUSSIA-SOYUZ TM-7-CHRETIEN

    Did You Know This Famous Rock Band Was Allegedly the First To Ever Be Played in Outer Space?

    January 5, 2026, 1:15 pm

  • American Songwriter OP-ED by Tift Merritt: DNA, Not AI, Gives Life to Our Songs

    January 5, 2026, 1:00 pm

  • Waylon Jennings country music

    3 Country Songs From 1973 That Were Far Too Honest for Their Time

    January 5, 2026, 12:22 pm

  • Songwriter Sandy Knox Reinvents the Memoir by Combining Narrative and Song in a First-Of-Its-Kind Audiobook Musical

    January 5, 2026, 12:22 pm

  • Aerosmith performing in the early 1970s

    Behind the Tear-Jerking, Beatles-Inspired Songwriting of ‘Aerosmith’ Debut, Released on This Day in 1973

  • The ’70s Folk Artists the Mainstream Forgot but Still Earned Enduring Songs

    1970s Folk Artists the Mainstream Forgot but Still Earned Enduring Songs

    January 5, 2026, 12:00 pm

  • Bruce Springsteen’s Delays Release of the ‘Nebraska ’82’ Box Set; Makes Archival 1981 Concert Performance Available at nugs

    On This Day in 1973, the Heartbeat of Heartland Rock Released His “Flop” Debut Album

    January 5, 2026, 11:49 am

  • Nashville’s Patsy Cline Museum Is Closing Its Doors To Make More Room for Johnny Cash

    On This Day in 1956, Patsy Cline Began Recording the Album That Produced One of Her Biggest Hits

    January 5, 2026, 11:39 am

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