“Sweet Home Alabama” figured into notable pre-fame moments of Taylor Hicks’ life. At a Hoover High school talent show, he played harmonica on a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Southern rock anthem with some ...

Lana Del Rey brought out Jelly Roll at Alabama’s Hangout Festival festival to perform Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” as the summer of unlikely onstage duets continued Friday. Just a week after ...

It’s been 50 years since Ronnie Van Zant first implored listeners to turn it up and sing songs about the Southland. "Sweet Home Alabama,” which would certainly be the signature song of any band that ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd has premiered a new animated video for the classic 1974 song “Sweet Home Alabama” to coincide with today’s release of Fyfty, a four-CD compilation celebrating the 50th anniversary of ...

The legendary southern rock band will release a new live album and DVD on June 27th, recorded at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The new album showcases the band's unparalleled energy and ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s anthemic “Sweet Home Alabama” was released 50 years ago on June 24, 1974. It was the band’s highest-charting song, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Top 100, and went on to become a ...

Ed King, who co-wrote the Lynyrd Skynyrd hit "Sweet Home Alabama," the tune with the classic riff that became a Southern rock anthem, has died. Ed King, who co-wrote the Lynyrd Skynyrd hit "Sweet Home ...