MUSIC

The world's longest saxophone note is too risky to attempt. So is the world's longest kiss.

This digital art piece from Thomas Blanchard set to Chopin’s Nocturne Op. ,9 No. 2 is oddly soothing.

Solmization, or the practice of assigning syllables to the different “steps” of the scale, originated in ancient India.

It’s possible to sing the chorus to Hanson’s 1997 smash “MMMBop” over the chords to Taylor Swift’s 2012 hit “22.”

The tiny chips held just 60 seconds of pop music, but kids still couldn’t get enough.

The Backstreet Boys’ 1999 smash “I Want It That Way,” which celebrates its 25th anniversary in April 2024, is among the definitive songs—if not the definitive song—of the ’90s teen-pop explosion.

Whether you think it's saying "chi chi chi, ha ha ha" or "ki ki ki, ma ma ma," you know the one we're talking about.

The theremin—a spooky instrument that scored the biggest sci-fi films of the 1950s—was invented by accident.

The Muppets have squared off against everyone from Johnny Cash to Celine Dion.

With their brightly colored short shorts and ridiculously catchy songs, Wham! were the definitive pop group of the '80s—though they were initially seen as a political act.

The last half-century or so has given us some of the best musical movies of all time.

Suggestive lyrics from bands like Twisted Sister led to the 1985 Parents Music Resource Center Senate hearing on whether musicians should be allowed to rock without parental supervision.