New Year’s Eve may sparkle with fireworks and champagne, but for many, its promise of reinvention often only amplifies feelings of loneliness, grief, and the quiet knowledge that a new date fixes, ...

During a dinner party one evening at Norman Lear’s home during the late 1970s, Neil Diamond asked the television producer if he was working on anything new. At the time, Lear was about to start on a ...

Already world famous for several years by 1962, Brigitte Bardot used her film stardom to launch a music career in her late twenties with “Sidonie,” a song from the Louis Malle-directed romance in ...

If you still carry a torch for a lost or unrequited love, you may be a fan of torch songs. Share a favorite and we'll spin a set. Hear your requests weekdays after 9 a.m.