Even the kids know what number one on this list is.

“The Unknown Soldier” was a Top 40 hit for The Doors. Sadly, most don’t remember it in favor of the band’s biggest hits. That’s a shame, because this song was one of the most direct protest songs ...

So much music about the Vietnam War was released in droves in the 1960s. The Beatles, who were easily the biggest band of the decade and century, didn’t release that many songs that directly touched ...

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath tackled anti-war and class divide on classics like War Pigs ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—At the top of the HNRS 3303 syllabus is a quote from Bruce Springsteen’s “No Surrender” that reads: “We busted out of class / Had to get away from those fools / We learned more from a ...

A powerful country song that captured the tensions of its time climbed to the top of the charts on this day in 1970. Merle Haggard's "The Fightin' Side of Me" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot ...

America's biggest song of 1966 wasn't a rock anthem or a protest song. It was a patriotic military tribute that sold millions ...