A Lynyrd Skynyrd classic has returned to the music charts more than 50 years after it was first released. "Sweet Home Alabama ...

It never reached the Top 10, but this 1973 rock song went on to become one of the most beloved and enduring anthems in music history.

The Florida gym teacher who unwittingly named legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd after giving detention to a pack of long-haired slackers, has died. Leonard Skinner, the basketball coach and ...

They might have been dominating charts since 1964 but some Lynyrd Skynyrd fans still have no clue what the rock band's name actually means. Founded in Jacksonville, Florida, the group initially ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Lynyrd Skynyrd's original run as a band began in the mid-'60s, and ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd's Celebrating 50 Years: Live at the Ryman debuts on two U.K. rankings, earning the band its first win on the albums sales chart. JANUARY 1975: Lynyrd Skynyrd (L-R Ed King, Leon Wilkeson ...

October 20th will mark the 47th anniversary of the plane crash of Southern rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd. "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird" are Lynyrd Skynyrd's most notable songs. Here are other ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd joined a long, harrowing line of musical legends who perished in a plane crash when a Convair CV-240 carrying the band and crew members from South Carolina to Louisiana went down in a ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd has had a rough couple of days. Frontman Johnny Van Zant left the road to be with his ailing youngest daughter, leading to the cancellation of a string of shows. Then Van Zant's bus ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd vocalist Johnny Van Zant said the Southern rock titans "will leave that door open" for a new studio album without late co-founding guitarist Gary Rossington, according to a new Classic ...