Rock and Culture Anniversaries

It's humorously titled after his familiar stage introduction, "… on tonsils and sneakers, I'm 'Lonesome' Dave."

Future hit actually began life along a lonesome country highway outside Montgomery, Alabama.

They topped the charts for a final time with this jigsaw puzzle of a song.

Every element of this wry narrative about a gold digger's empty life unfolds with a writerly knack for detail.

"The Power of Love" became their first chart-topping smash, but it didn't exactly begin with lofty expectations.

Without it, they might never have rebounded from crushing disappointment to complete 'Abbey Road.'

Chaffing at their country-rock roots, they regrouped to construct a "nasty track with pretty vocals."

The synth-pop duo's first LP was ignored in the U.S., but two years later they had a No. 1 album and single.

Critics in some circles – including his own band – criticized the album for being too polished.

His arrival led to critically lauded triumphs like '2112' and multiplatinum smashes like 'Moving Pictures.'

This album is perhaps rightly separated by "You Really Got Me" and songs that are not "You Really Got Me."

Emerson Lake and Palmer struggled to capture '70s-era live shows that were perhaps more outsized than their studio albums.