Leon Thomas' soulful ballad "Mutt" joins a long line of songs with dog themes or variations of dog words in their titles to make the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. While our focus here is on top 40 ...

When you turn to the comics pages each morning, does your favorite cartoon character drool, bark or beg for food at the table? Are Marmaduke panels taped to your refrigerator door? Do you skip past ...

Country music is built upon a bedrock of storytelling, and alongside many of the genre's most beloved topics, such as romance, heartbreak, romantic betrayal, small-town nostalgia and familial ties, is ...