Little paddleboats, there were ducks and the birds were tame. They would eat out of her hand.” Where did the lyric “someone left the cake out in the rain” come from? “It was about the relationship ...

In 1967, the American songwriter Jimmy Webb received a call from record producer Bones Howe requesting a song for the American pop group The Association. Envisaging “a kind of climactic tour de force” ...

Meet the new “Day-O”: Richard Harris’s 1968 psychedelic pop hit “MacArthur Park,” which Donna Summer remade as a disco anthem. By Sarah Bahr Some spoilers follow. It’s the climactic moment in ...

One of the late 1970s' most iconic disco anthems once charted as a country song in 1969, recorded by one of the genre’s original outlaws. Many music fans are aware that Donna Summer had a number one ...

“MacArthur Park” — that oft-derided 1960s song about someone leaving the cake out in the rain — is having another life. Once again. It’s featured in the popular new film “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” The ...

“MacArthur Park” — that oft-derided 1960s song about someone leaving the cake out in the rain — is having another life. Once again.