“(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” from the 1987 smash hit movie Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, is what every songwriter aspires to achieve- an evergreen song. A universal hit ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook At the end of my penultimate semester at the University of Michigan, and in the final days of my ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. The summer of ...

Singer Bill Medley thought "Dirty Dancing" was a "porno movie." — -- When it comes to writing a love song, Diane Warren knows a thing or two about what makes a great one. The songwriter, who ...

Originally published on DailyCollegian.com. Upon seeing that only a third of the Mullins Center was in use for the hard rock concert last Thursday, opening act Pop Evil’s vocalist Leigh Kakaty loudly ...

At the time, Green Day was facing the typical backlash of a punk band that is perceived to “sell out” only because they were tasting a bit of success. The band broke through on the album Dookie, which ...