Jim Beviglia

The Rolling Stones came of age in the vinyl era, hung around to watch vinyl fade from prosperity, and have sustained long enough to see it rise again.

No country artist displayed a finer touch in terms of crossing over to the top charts than Kenny Rogers.

The songwriting partnership between Elton John and Bernie Taupin catalyzed John's massive success throughout the early part of the 70s.

When The Beatles broke up, the four members generally avoided anything musically that would resemble the sound of their former group.

Getting to No. 1 on the pop charts is the dream of most acts. But the numbers game required to make it to that point is quite daunting.

Longevity wasn't always in the cards for bands who came of age in the 80s. But even those bands that didn't have the staying power occasionally left something indelible behind before they flamed out.

He eventually strutted his stuff as one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. But Michael Bolton first had to make his mark as a songwriter for hire.

Even the most prolific songwriters can get creatively blocked once in a while. The best ones find ways of grinding through it.

Are you one of those people who find the moonlight to be entrancing? Well, plenty of songwriters certainly have that opinion of the phenomenon.

Artists boast about Top 10 hits. They can even do some preening about songs that crack the Top 40.