THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT GOSPEL SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY ...

Sam Cooke invented soul music ... wrote was “A Change Is Gonna Come.” In 1963, as he was writing his RCA album Ain’t That Good News, Cooke was in a transition moment. He had moved from ...

While Jagger wrote the song, Richards explained to Rolling Stone in 1981 how his Glimmer Twin “never had trouble” with his neighbors. Jagger wasn’t a quiet tenant then—Richards said he was ...

The farmer behind a viral protest song about the inheritance tax changes has revealed the meaning behind his lyrics, which serve as a clear warning to Sir Keir Starmer. Nick Tarry's song comes against ...

You might say Sternberg came by his views about the river honestly. “My dad used to take me to work with him when I was no more than 5 years old,” Sternberg wrote in a 2005 “Gospel.” ...

"And on several occasions, we wrote songs together. One of them was the theme for the convention in 1980 that played. It was called, ‘Together, a New Beginning’... several of our recording ...

Over the course of his career, it is estimated that Prince wrote thousands of songs, many of which were never released. And when Prince couldn't get around to recording a song, he sometimes handed ...

This gospel was written by a Jew, Matthew the tax-collector, for a Jewish Christian audience. The narrative closely follows the life of Jesus from his birth, through his ministry and unto his ...

Cynthia Erivo might be playing Elphaba in the blockbuster film adaptation of Wicked, but the singer revealed that she also co-wrote a song for Part 2, which is slated to release on Nov.

Though that might appear to be a broad statement, the singer didn’t just admire the ‘Starman’; she made it her mission to reinvent what it meant to stand confidently ... Saxophone Song’, delivering a ...

As the band’s principal songwriters, that meant that their tunes were often in dialogue with each other or about one another. In one instance, one of the band’s biggest songs was written as a gift ...