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.

Murphy, who during the Second World War received every combat award ... But on February 5, 1966, Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler’s hawkish patriotic single, The Ballad Of The Green Berets/ Letter From ...

I remember listening to WBZ just over a year ago when Bruce Bradley introduced a new song. he predicted it would be in the top ten within a week. I thought he was crazy; I was wrong. "The Ballad ...