Sixty-one years ago today, The Beach Boys scored their first No. 1 in the United States with a song that was ahead of its time.

Randy Newman wrote the song, and Eric Burdon & the Animals recorded the first version of it for their 1967 album, Eric Is Here. However, they didn’t release the song as a single. Decades after Three ...

In 1992, Sir Mix-A-Lot’s Baby Got Back was the definitive song of the summer, joined by Boyz II Men’s End of the Road and ...

Coming from the wild and loud New York City of the mid-1960s, The Velvet Underground cut its own path, different from any other band at that time. They mixed harsh words with hard, bold sounds.

One standout from this month’s list is Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, an awe-inspiring thriller that changed the film industry forever when it was released 50 years ago.