No one can accuse the Top-40 radio stations of the mid-1970s of not being eclectic. Take, for example, the Billboard Hot 100 from March 15, 1975. The Doobie Brothers’ uncharacteristic foray into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk have announced they will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their iconic Autobahn album ...

Beach Boys vibes? Kraftwerk’s “Autobahn” left some listeners hearing a familiar sound in 1974.

Given its title and lyrics, it should come as no surprise that the German electronic band Kraftwerk's 1974 hit "Autobahn," off the Autobahn album, is still recognized as an iconic road-trip anthem. In ...

Fifty years ago this month, an album was released in the U.S. that proved to be akin to a quake under a placid sea, one that created a ripple that grew into a tidal wave. That album was "Autobahn," ...

Three weeks later, with the single at 75 on its charts, Billboard went into it a little more. “With all the German avant-garde groups knocking vainly at US doors for the past five years, Kraftwerk is ...