God bless gibberish. Pop music often works best when it's most meaningless, when it reaches for a level of pure euphoric silliness. The word "boogie" isn't quite gibberish; it has a whole etymology.

*When Janice-Marie Johnson said “Listen to my bass here” on A Taste of Honey’s “Boogie Oogie Oogie,” she really meant her bass. The Los Angeles native and daughter of a musician father began singing ...

NEW YORK (AP) – There was little doubt who should take home the album of the year Grammy in 1984. That was Michael Jackson with a little record called “Thriller.” He won, of course, but the Recording ...

Ya know, we've been dissing the Grammys for a long time, probably since “Boogie Oogie Oogie” back in 1979. “Boogie Oogie Oogie.” We feel like an idiot just typing it, yet the NARAS folks decided it ...

TNT’s Charles Barkley is a lightning rod. He’ll say what’s on his mind and will rarely back down. And when he doles out criticism, we usually don’t hear anything from the other side, but in this case ...

The historic rink at Rockefeller Center, which is set to close for the season this weekend, has long been one of the premiere ice skating facilities in the city, even if it occasionally produces ...

NEW YORK — There was little doubt who should take home the album of the year Grammy in 1984. That was Michael Jackson with a little record called “Thriller.” He won, of course, but the Recording ...

NEW YORK (AP) — There was little doubt who should take home the album of the year Grammy in 1984. That was Michael Jackson with a little record called “Thriller.” He won, of course, but the Recording ...

A Taste of Honey? Yes, that was the band that gave the world "Boogie Oogie Oogie." Who the band beat out is tremendous, with the gift of hindsight, of course: Elvis Costello, The Cars, Toto and Chris ...