Looking back, 1986 doesn't seem to be a pivotal year in music history. Throughout the year, new artists emerged, veterans were still a presence on the charts, and the top records of the year featured ...

The 1980s were an interesting time for country music. The genre was slowly shifting from the pop-leaning Nashville Sound production style of the late 1970s into the honky tonk-heavy sound of the 1990s ...

There's no question that Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" has resonated with audiences far and wide. The arena-rock classic, released in 1986, was the band's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Mainstream ...

The year 1986 saw a lot of great country music, both by established artists and relative newcomers. In 1986, some of the best country songs were released, including these four, which every music fan ...

Here’s how bad things were for rock and roll music forty years ago. By 1986, new wave was old. The genre that had attempted to breathe new life into some of the more tiresome corners of old school ...