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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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    This 1975 Classic Rock Hit Was Equal Parts Warning and Tribute to the Infamous 27 Club

    April 3, 2026, 3:20 pm

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    21 Years Ago Today, a Future History-Making Country Star Was at No. 1 With Her Debut Album

    April 3, 2026, 2:53 pm

  • On the Charts This Day in 1981, Hank Williams Jr. Landed His Third No. 1 Single With This Tribute to the “Beauty Queens of El Paso”

    45 Years Ago Today, Hank Williams Jr. Landed His Third No. 1 Single With This Tribute to the “Beauty Queens in El Paso”

  • Manfred Mann’s Earth Band had a 1975 Hit with This Bruce Springsteen Deep Cut, but the The Boss “Disliked” the Band’s Rendition

    April 3, 2026, 1:24 pm

  • Loretta Lynn Owes Her Grand Ole Opry Debut to This Hit Single

    Loretta Lynn Owes Her Grand Ole Opry Debut to This Hit Single

    April 3, 2026, 1:00 pm

  • An Omen Led to Gloria Gaynor Recording What Became Her Biggest Hit

    An Omen Led to Gloria Gaynor Recording What Became Her Biggest Hit

    April 3, 2026, 12:30 pm

  • Tom Petty performing in 2005

    Tom Petty Made This Mid-2000s Album With One Activity in Mind, and I Must Say, He Nailed It

    April 3, 2026, 12:27 pm

  • 62 Years Ago Today, Bob Dylan Made His UK Chart Debut With a Hopeful Anti-Establishment Anthem Based on a Carter Family Classic

    April 3, 2026, 12:13 pm

  • The Boss and Guests: 4 Times Special Vocalists Enlivened Bruce Springsteen Songs

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    3 of the Most Cinematic Rock Songs Ever

    April 3, 2026, 11:03 am

  • “Merle Is Smiling Down”: Miranda Lambert Singing This Tribute Cover of Merle Haggard’s 1980 Classic Is Hauntingly Perfect

    April 3, 2026, 11:01 am

  • The Beatles in 1963

    3 of the Best Beatles Songs That George Harrison Sang Lead On

    April 3, 2026, 11:00 am

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