Michael Jackson’s Thriller -era guitarist says Beat It was “too metal” before producer Quincy Jones stepped in.

Eddie Van Halen almost hung up on producer Quincy Jones when he called to ask the guitarist to perform on Michael Jackson's ...

How the late producer and composer Quincy Jones saved this iconic Michael Jackson hit from its heavy metal fate.

As you will see in the below list of the Top 50 New Wave Songs, chosen by the UCR staff, many of these tracks would fit comfortably within other playlists from the era, not just punk, but also pop, ...

And so, as he reveals to Rolling Stone, he told Eddie not to play on the Michael Jackson song. He even thought of turning the tables and inviting Jackson to sing on a Van Halen track. But his appeals ...

Musician Eddie Vedder performed a really beautiful cover of the classic song “Save It For Later” by The English Beat, which ...

The new Rosé and Bruno Mars song, "APT.," is flooding social media, and people are asking just what is that drinking game the ...

That was the scene Friday at a sold-out Copernicus Center, where the band Beat blew minds and pulled off acrobatic ...

This list is updated monthly with new “Best of the Year”–worthy songs. Whoever invented the ... The propulsive beat sounds instantly club bound (Mike Dean co-produced), and Scott sounds ...

It’s upbeat—as much as a sub-two-minute song can be—but what’s wonderful ... younger version of herself who got in too deep. The beat still thumps properly but the overall effect is ...

This week's Trending Up looks at Abrams' pair of "I ___ You, I'm Sorry" hits, as well as a new Italian-language streaming favorite with a familiar English ... look at the songs, artists ...

Before ‘Born This Way’ and ‘Vogue’, for gays of a certain age there was Bronski Beat’s ‘Smalltown Boy.’ The result is “Why?,” a hybrid documentary and music video that uses ...