When host Peter O’Dowd asked his 13-year-old daughter what songs are popular on TikTok right now, she responded with “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” by Paul Anka from 1959. Music writer Ted Gioia has ...

For generations Jewish children have sung a classic ditty for the holiday of Purim called “Once There was a Wicked, Wicked Man and Haman Was His Name-o.” The chorus, as you may know from your own ...

When a song takes you back The first chords of a favorite ’70s, ’80s, or ’90s song instantly evoke memories of youth, friends ...

Old songs now represent 70 percent of the U.S. music market, according to the latest numbers from MRC Data, a music-analytics firm. Those who make a living from new music—especially that endangered ...

Artificial intelligence can generate new songs and even artists, but it can also be used to raid hits of the past for new earnings potential. AI is being used already to separate elements -- called ...

Japanese folk songs evolved in the same way as English language ones even though they are sung in different tones and scales. Patrick Savage at Keio University in Japan and his colleagues analysed the ...

From Donny Hathaway to DeBarge, everything old is new again – at least in some current hip-hop songs. A glance at the Billboard charts finds a slew of artists borrowing snippets from classic R&B and ...