American music milestones

Presents a history of country music in the United States, profiles the genre's most notable past and present stars, and features must-have song and album suggestions.

The crowd sways to the melodic strumming of a bossa nova guitarist. A vocalist belts out lyrics that blend English and Spanish. Couples dance to salsa's syncopated rhythms. These are the sounds of Latin music. Before Latin music exploded into the mainstream in the 1990s, it was on the sidelines of American pop. Ritchie Valens fused Latin dance music with rock. Julio Iglesias popularized Latin ballads in the United States. And Gloria Estefan was the...

Presents a history of R&B music in the United States, profiles the genre's most notable past and present stars, and features song and album suggestions.