Some of the most influential songs in history were written in a matter of minutes. Great songs aren’t always the result of ...

Some of music’s biggest hits have surprising origins hidden in plain sight. It is easy to assume that the voice singing a ...

Although he doesn't write a lot of his own music, these four songs show Blake Shelton has talent as a songwriter.

Lynyrd Skynyrd has “about 30 songs” written with late guitarist Gary Rossington that the band still hopes to record and ...

Country music is built on its songwriting. But some songs are so good that they remain well-known, even several years later.

It turns out that you can rush perfection. At least that was the case for the rock masterminds behind the Rolling Stones, the Police, and the Beatles, who all wrote some of their biggest hits on the ...

Stacker compiled a list of 20 iconic rock songs written on the spot, consulting historical records, music charts, and magazine interviews. - Debi Doss/Hulton Archive // Getty Images Stacker compiled a ...