Dolly Parton's late husband, Carl Dean, died this week. He inspired some of her biggest songs, including a new one. "If You Hadn't Been There" is Parton's ode to Dean and their six decades together.

In 1967 the songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller already had a string of hits in their book, from Big Mama Thornton and Elvis Presley‘s hit “Hound Dog,” the chart-topping “Kansas City,” ...

If there’s a go-to song for times of personal or global stress, it has to be Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller’s haunting “Is That All There Is?,” memorably performed by Peggy Lee in the late 1960s and ...