By late 1976, “Beth" reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the People’s Choice Award for favorite New Song of 1976.

Kiss became known mostly for its brand of over the top hard rock. Despite this, many people seemed to connect to Kiss’ “Beth,” a gentle ballad about a troubled relationship. In his book No Regrets, ...

While they knew how to write rollicking classic rock songs in their sleep, Kiss showed off their more sensitive side with the ballad “Beth.” The track has a riff that sounds like it came from a ...

The late Ace Frehley‘s history on the Billboard Hot 100 chart is stacked with iconic rock smashes like "Beth," "Rock and Roll All Nite (Live)" and "Shout It Out Loud," all from his work as a founding ...

"Beth" is one of the most famous fictional "chicks" in rock music, as the subject of the famed, Peter Criss-sung KISS ballad that is named after her. Originally called "Beck," the 1976 single was ...

Peter Criss will always be remembered as that guy in KISS who painted his face like a cat. Although he was never one of the central figures in the band and only lasted a few years, ironically, it’s ...

With the 45th anniversary super deluxe edition box set of KISS' historic Destroyer album coming in November, the band has served up one of the many rarities that are included with the set by way of an ...

Kiss is one of the many artists whose history is woven into the new film Spinning Gold. Interestingly, the movie presents an alternate history of how the band's hit song "Beth" was created. Spinning ...

Veteran producer Bob Ezrin recalled rewriting Kiss' classic “Beth” to make girls like the band. Created as a much harder song by drummer Peter Criss, “Beth” appeared on the 1976 album Destroyer as a ...

This short film knocked it out of the park with a hilarious, and fictional, dramatization of how the Peter Criss sung KISS ballad 'Beth' came to be. The spoof starts when the drummer gets a call from ...