Two years later, in August 1958, the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart began. At the end of 1958, Billboard printed a recap of the year’s biggest songs for the first time (that year also ...
The ranking involves 20 songs, and 18 of them are great and ... If I was alive in 1984 and dictated the Hot 100 chart, I would have simply made “The Reflex” a #1 hit for as long as possible.
Guilty-pleasure songs come with the baggage of profound embarrassment ... “Hold Me Now” by Thompson Twins from Into the Gap Hits in 1984 were buoyed by earnestness. Thompson Twins’ defining ...
And there are plenty of songs to choose from. Billboard magazine published a staff-selected list of the 100 Best Christmas Songs of All Time. Here’s a look at the top 20. Need a break?