Looking back, 1986 doesn't seem to be a pivotal year in music history. Throughout the year, new artists emerged, veterans were still a presence on the charts, and the top records of the year featured ...

Here’s how bad things were for rock and roll music forty years ago. By 1986, new wave was old. The genre that had attempted to breathe new life into some of the more tiresome corners of old school ...

Are you a fan of pop and rock music (and maybe even a little neo-psychedelia) from the 1980s? The year 1986, specifically, birthed more than a few amazing songs that have been somewhat forgotten by ...

"Kiss" by Prince hit No. 1 on the charts 40 years ago today! On April 19, 1986, the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, holding the top spot for two weeks. Later that year, the single was ...