Prince Classic Named One of the Top Songs More Than 40 Years After Its Release

Purple Rain,' arguably one of Prince's most iconic songs, has re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart more than 40 years after ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1965, Connie Smith Was at No. 1 With a History-Making Hit That Etched Her Name in the Country Record Books—and Went Unmatched for 48 Years

Sixty-one years ago today, Connie Smith was at the top of the chart with a single that put her name in the history books.
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1915, the First Woman to Write a No. 1 Country Hit and Whose Songs Were Recorded by Tex Ritter, Kitty Wells, and Hank Snow

One hundred eleven years ago today, the history-making songwriter who penned hits for Tex Ritter, Hank Snow, and many more was born ...
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Top 40 songs of 1966

If 1965 was the year when pop and rock music started to take its first baby steps toward adulthood, as more artists began to ...