Solomon Burke’s early years are the stuff of legend, and TV documentaries. He was a preacher at age 7 (!) and became pastor for his ministry by age 12.

1994 was the year that ‘alternative’ music took off with a vengeance.

It may seem odd to include a classic Bob Dylan album on any list of the best ‘alternative’ albums, but technically, this record fits the criteria, because the record never reached the B

In 1964, Jerry Lee Lewis was about as ‘off the grid’ as you could get. He was the living definition of a has-been, as his career was completely derailed in 1958.

It didn’t quite work out that way, but all expectations were that this would (finally) be the last studio album recorded by the Rolling Stones.

If you lived through the summer of ’84, it’s hard to forget what the radio sounded like that year.

With this show, we are starting a brand new feature for our American Hit Radio series. From time to time, we plan to dedicate the hour-long program to one specific album.

While rock music tore itself into tiny little pieces, various bands pursued extraordinarily individualistic goals.

With all of the diversity that was happening with popular music in 1974, it started to become clear that a distinct differentiation was forming between acts that relied on ‘conventional&rsquo

Last week, we took a close look at a few ‘progressive albums from April ’74.

This week, we stick to the exact same timeframe, but we change styles.