The romantic ballad spent eight weeks atop the charts and remains one of the defining soft rock hits of the 1970s.

You’d have to go back decades to find a classic-rock artist who had a song that topped the Billboard Hot 100. Fifty years ago, though, it wasn’t uncommon for veteran rock acts to find themselves at No ...

Sometimes it’s hard to hear songs for anything other than their big picture—especially when they become era-defining, legendary hits. Because of their ubiquity, the three classic rock songs below are ...