Browsing: How the Song Came to Be

“That’s the most cleverly written song I’ve ever heard,” Cash told the song’s composer. It became Cash’s biggest hit single.

Everybody was “Dancing in the Moonlight” in the early ’70s, but who was the band that recorded this catchy one-hit wonder? We decided to find out.

The song, featured prominently in the 1972 thriller, was used without the permission of its composer. There’s actually only one banjo used

Guess who didn’t much care for the song that made the band a major force of rock for decades to come? And who’s just fine with it now…

It was, to be sure, one of the bleakest songs ever to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. And then Zager and Evans never charted again.

The famed entertainer performed it on national television in 1968. Our look back at the song’s history. (Its composer, Paul Simon, hates it.)

You’ve heard Freeman’s 1958 hit—and most famous song—performed by John Lennon, the Ramones and the Beach Boys. Here’s how it evolved

Tension was in the air in 1968 and rock music reflected the turmoil. Then came a voice from the past, gently singing of non-violence and hope.

50 years after he began writing one of his most-beloved tracks, the musician shared how the song came to be

The smash hit was written while its author was hanging out in a flat in London, trying to escape from frustrating legal proceedings.