Beyoncé Headlines Coachella
The festival’s first Black woman headliner stages a performance rooted in HBCU musical traditions.
A Bronx Party Becomes a Hip-Hop Landmark
DJ Kool Herc plays a back-to-school party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx.
Berry Gordy Founds Motown
A Detroit record company begins building one of popular music’s most influential creative systems.
The Phonograph Makes Sound Repeatable
Edison’s Menlo Park team demonstrates a machine that records and reproduces sound.