Steely Dan started out from a pretty intellectual place. After all, they memorably named themselves after an obscure sexual aid from William S. Burroughs' 1959 novel Naked Lunch. By the time they ...

The unforgettable song hails from an equally remarkable LP ...

Steely Dan’s Gaucho turned 40 last week. Forty is the perfect anniversary for a Steely Dan album, since so many of their narrators, on that album in particular but throughout their catalog, seem to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What do you look for in a song? I’ve spent years asking myself this. Am I a lyrics guy? Is it the actual music, like the piano or ...

Steely Dan didn't often put a foot wrong during their career, but there was one early song that Donald Fagen was reluctant to ...

Donald Fagen led a crack band through Steely Dan's greatest hits Friday night at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Credit: Photo by David Clements Steely Dan was, and remains, an anomaly. More on ...

In pop music, Steely Dan’s hybrid of pop, jazz and R&B represents an artistic standard few can match. Steely Dan — the musical enterprise of songwriting team Walter Becker and Donald Fagen — hit its ...

First formed in the 1970s, Steely Dan, which consisted of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, watched as the band gained international fame that seemed to encompass the decade. While releasing nine studio ...

Musical icons R.E.M., Steely Dan and Timbaland will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame class of 2024, along with nonperforming writers Hillary Lindsay and Dean Pitchford. R.E.M. was a ...