Every generation has a soundtrack that has helped define growing up. For the gen-x crowd, it’s the 1980s. The baby […] ...

The dance craze known as the twist seemed to take over the music world for a few years. When Hank Ballard wrote “The Twist” and put it out as the B-side of “Teardrops on Your Letter” in 1959, it was ...

Bert Berns, the “Twist and Shout,” “Piece of My Heart” and “Hang On, Sloopy” songwriter who died of heart failure in 1967 at 38, has been inducted posthumously into The Songwriters Hall of Fame, the ...

Get ready to twist and shout like it’s 1965. The 60 th anniversary of the Beatles’ iconic concert at Shea Stadium will be celebrated by the New York Mets when they host the Seattle Mariners at Citi ...

Twist and Shout celebrates The Beatles in America, beginning with their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, and following their journey through the USA including highlights from ...

There’s a 2007 “South Park” episode that, at the time, seemed to be a harbinger of bad tidings to come. In the show, the boys are obsessed with the “Guitar Hero” video game, so much so that when ...

Bert Berns, the late songwriter whose many hits include “Twist and Shout,” “Piece of My Heart,” “Hang on Sloopy” and “I Want Candy,” was inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in a ...