In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. A quick ...

This month, to celebrate the Internet’s unbridled love for wallowing in nostalgia and even greater relishing of talking about why certain cultural artifacts are horrible, Sound of the City presents ...

It lasted not weeks but months and it seemed like years, as though an entire era of popular music was dominated by one song. From July to October 1991, the UK charts, and the radio that shaped them, ...