On this day in history with the number one song. We begin with the number one song June 30, 1986. “On my own” by Patti La-Belle and Michael McDonald. It was like a federal law that Michael McDonald ...

Doobie Brothers guitarist and singer Patrick Simmons explained that the band have a very good reason for only playing one song from their Michael McDonald era at their concerts. McDonald joined the ...

In between his time with The Doobie Brothers and building his solo career, beginning with his 1982 debut If That’s What It Takes, McDonald was everywhere throughout the late 1970s and 1980s—and has ...

The Doobie Brothers frontman had one of his songs, 'The Meaning of Love,' on the soundtrack of the 2000 movie 'What Planet Are You From?' Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, ...

In the early Eighties, Michael McDonald was such an omnipresent force in the music industry that he inspired one of the greatest sketches on SCTV. It stars a bearded Rick Moranis as McDonald, who ...

The Doobie Brothers released their first new song to feature Michael McDonald on vocals in 45 years. “Learn to Let Go” is the ...

(L-R): Keith Knudsen, Jeff Skunk Baxter, Michael McDonald, John Hartman, Pat Simmons and Tiran Porter, aka The Doobie Brothers, in 1976 - Redferns Fifty years ago this spring, the 23-year-old known to ...

Kenny Loggins has been thinking lately about “Danger Zone” — specifically whom he might ask to help remake his classic 1980s rock song for the “Top Gun” sequel currently in production. “I’d love to do ...

Kamaiyah is back with a new single called “Back to Basics.” The new track features a prominent sample of Michael McDonald’s classic “I Keep Forgettin’” (which, of course, was also prominently sampled ...