There was once an indelible tension between rock and disco, culminating in a so-called “disco demolition” night in 1979 that ...

In the years since then, it has been bestowed sparingly — only if a song has moved at least 10 million ... Keep reading for the RIAA's complete list of diamond-certified songs, in chronological ...

Smokey Robinson met and auditioned for pre-Motown Berry Gordy, who signed them as one of the first acts on Tamla in 1960, and their first song Shop Around was the label’s first million-selling ...

There came a time when the biggest names in music united to record the song “We Are the World” — and it was no easy feat. Smokey Robinson, who was there 40 years ago, looks back at the ...

On February 24, the music world lost a giant who helped create a “quiet storm” on 1970s radio. Roberta Flack hypnotized audiences with epically slow ballads and helped define a new approach to R&B and ...

The March 28 release includes collaborations with Smokey Robinson ... the new tracks is a different version of Santana’s 2009 song with Robinson, “Please Don’t Take Your Love,” which ...