I couldn’t leave this excellent little Wings tune off this list. Written by Paul McCartney, “Goodnight Tonight” dropped in March 1979 and is a fun disco-flamenco rock jam that was the perfect ...

Any self-respecting punk out there knows this song all too well. And if you were a little punk back in 1979, this is probably one of many punk rock songs that inspired you to begin playing the guitar.

As I sit down to write this, there are reports that sensational Welsh rocker Dave Edmunds is in very poor health after suffering a serious cardiac event. Edmunds is 81, and his prognosis appears dire.

Punk rock's big bang happened sometime around 1973, when the self-titled debut album from the New York Dolls was released. There were plenty of ripples before then — the Stooges, MC5, any number of ...