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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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  • LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 7: Vicki Lawrence, CBS television actress and singer. February 7, 1973. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)

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    4 Times a One-Hit Wonder From the 1970s Was Actually a Perfect Song

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    I Love Merle Haggard—Here Are 3 Songs That Carry That Same Honky-Tonk Spirit

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  • English singer and musician David Bowie (1947-2016) performs live on stage during the first night of his Serious Moonlight World Tour at the Vorst Forest Nationaal in Brussels, Belgium on 18th May 1983. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)

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    The One Classic Rock Musician Who Never “Went Country” and Why

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    3 Long Rock Songs From the 1980s That Still Became Massive Hits

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  • 28th July 1992: American musician Bruce Springsteen sits on a trunk with his feet up backstage at the Brendan Byrne Arena in the Meadowlands sports complex, East Rutherford, New Jersey. Springsteen wears a casual shirt with faded jeans and a pair of cowboy boots with chains and metal tips. (Photo by Keith Meyers/New York Times Co./Getty Images)

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    When The Doors Scored This No. 1 Hit, a Cosmic Sign Made Time Stand Still (Literally) for a Record Label Founder

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