Despite releasing three accomplished albums which were innovative and influential exemplars of the "West Coast sound" of the mid-to late 1960s, Buffalo Springfield only had a limited impact on the public consciousness during its brief and...

Buffalo Springfield was a short-lived but influential folk rock group that served as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina and is most famous for the song "For What It's Worth." After its formation in...

Today is Wednesday, May 9, the 129th day of 2007. There are 236 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 9, 1961, Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton N. Minow condemned television programming as a "vast wasteland" in a speech to the National Association...

Today is Sunday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2007. There are 92 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 30, 1846, Boston dentist William Morton used ether as an anesthetic for the first time as he extracted an ulcerated tooth from merchant...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 6-13:May 6: Singer Bob Seger is 62. Singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore is 62. Actor Alan Dale ("Ugly Betty") is 60. Actor Ben Masters ("Passions") is 60. Host Tom Bergeron ("Dancing with the Stars," new "Hollywood Squares") is 52....

In the summer of 1966, odd little ads popped up in TV Guide magazine.“What has 8 legs and swings?” one blurb declared.“ ‘The Monkees’ is spelled rong!” read another.All ended with the same message: “See ‘The Monkees’ premiere, Monday, Sept. 12, on NBC-TV.”More ads followed,...