Big comebacks, creative leaps and multiplatinum records dominated the year’s greatest music, as you’ll see in the below list ...

The track, which spent five weeks at No. 1, became the second song to top the weekly Hot 100, after Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool.” Also in the 1958 year-end issue, Billboard continued ...

and sing at the top of your lungs. “Hold Me Now” by Thompson Twins from Into the Gap Hits in 1984 were buoyed by earnestness. Thompson Twins’ defining song embodies this dramatic spirit.

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree: Singer Brenda Lee who turned 80 this year released the song 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' in 1958 when she was 14 years old. The song still lingers in the ...