MUSIC HISTORY

The musician only made enough copies for each of his fellow Beatles, and the discs degraded fast. Now, we can finally listen to (part of) the rare record.

The best-selling album of all time was brought to you by Tchaikovsky, Michelangelo, and Edgar Allan Poe.

The jazz club set was recorded right before a turning point in her career.

Thanks to the Austrian musician, there’s a remarkably sizable repertoire of compositions available exclusively for one-handed pianists.

"Folk Songs From Somerset" will be performed for the first time in 100 years.

It's been more than two decades since 1998's "Are You Jimmy Ray?"—the one and only hit by gloriously coiffed British pop rocker Jimmy Ray—became one of the more perplexing hits of the '90s.

From Beethoven to Stravinsky, 10 of the classical music world’s most cutting zingers.

'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' served as a confirmation that The Beatles were not only alive and well, but still at the forefront of pop music innovation.

Music dice games were popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

When the audience at Amateur Night at Harlem’s Apollo Theater crammed into their seats on November 21, 1934, they didn’t realize they’d be there to witness jazz history.

For decades, the long-lost “Easter Sonata” was thought to be the work of composer Felix Mendelssohn. In fact, it was his sister's creation.

If you think the wholesale pilfering of songs began when Vanilla Ice swiped the bass line from David Bowie and Queen’s song “Under Pressure” for “Ice, Ice Baby,” think again.