Woodstock is described as a moment when the news media first recognized music and entertainment as a cultural and commercial force.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

Their music set records. Their first four songs were "I Want You Back","ABC", "The Love You Save" and "I'll Be There."

VOA: special.2009.07.05

She has recorded more than thirty albums since she had her first number one song on the country music charts.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

Professor Aicher explains that many composers have exciting premieres, where their music is played in public for the first time.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

This week we begin the first of two programs about classical music composers at work today in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Today we have the first of two programs about how the Lomax family helped keep American folk music from being lost.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

They wanted the music to come first so that the songs would be what people remember most.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

Sadly,its leader Alex Chilton died of a heart attack on the first day of the music festival.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

Koussevitzky led the orchestra for the first performance of Copland's early work, "Music for the Theater,"

VOA: special.2009.06.21

The festival was one of the top money-making music tours during its first three years.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

The event on October first will honor some of the biggest names in bluegrass music.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

Now we present some music from the first New York production of "The Fantasticks."

VOA: special.2010.05.24

"What if this was someone coming to the music for the very first time?

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Another awards show, the American Music Awards, was first broadcast in nineteen seventy-three.

VOA: special.2011.02.18

Here is Mario Ritter with music from the Dead Weather's first album.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

The award-winning actor and comedian has released his first full-length music CD.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

He had his first music lessons in the local public schools.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

and "Cadillac Records." Recently Mos Def returned to his first lovemusic.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

His mother,Nettie Cooper Duncan, was his first music teacher.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

Scott first studied classical music with several teachers.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

The first one, "Glee: The Music,Volume 1,"

VOA: special.2010.01.08

It was not Joplin's first published music.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

Fung has been playing with Dharma Swara for two years, and was first introduced to gamelan music through a world arts fellowship six years ago.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01