The Hot 100 launched in 1958, just 13 years after the end of World War II. The war was still well within living memory, and I have to imagine that it left deep psychic wounds all across the globe. And ...

Growing up, family parties would wind down around our favorite special occasion appliance. My father clumsily ran cables from the karaoke machine into our television, transforming the living room into ...

A number of American artists and bands have achieved significant success in Japan but very few Japanese musicians have become popular in the United States. In fact, only one Japanese artist has ever ...