One of Ocasek’s earliest Cars compositions, and one of his greatest, “My Best Friend’s Girl” showed his love for Fifties rock & roll, particularly Buddy Holly and Carl Perkins, with the song’s wiry ...

The Cars still loom large in the classic rock world, with their songs sounding as fresh and invigorating today as when they were first released. Few bands lumped in with the New Wave movement of the ...

Amid the revelation Sunday night that Ric Ocasek, the lead singer for the Boston-based band The Cars, died at 75 in New York City, an outpouring of memories about the singer, the band, and their songs ...

The Cars’ co-founder, who had a gift for coating clever ideas in radio-friendly rock, has died at 75. By Rob Tannenbaum Ric Ocasek was a versatile singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist and ...

"Just What I Needed" was radio's most played song in the two days following Ocasek's death, while video streamers went for "Drive." For fans of the Cars, relistening to the band’s music was just what ...