Though Abbey Road is the Beatles' first traditional studio album to achieve this remarkable feat, it's not their only one.

Connie Francis, whose hits dominated the Billboard charts in the early 1960s, was thrilled to learn one of her songs from that era has caught fire on TikTok, or as the kids say, gone viral. But she ...

The 1960s are often remembered as a decade of social and political change, in a manner not dissimilar to today's climate. Amid the upheaval of gender norms and racial bias, popular music was ...

Some artists’ biggest chart hits are no-doubters, obvious signature songs who anyone with the most passing familiarity in their catalogs could guess as their best-performing Billboard entries. With ...

In spring 1958, Francis’ version of “Who’s Sorry Now,” originally a hit for multiple artists in the 1920s, rose to No. 4 on Billboard’s Top 100 chart. Upon the Hot 100’s start, “My Happiness” became ...

The underdog came out on top on more than a few occasions in the 1960s, particularly when it came to topping the mainstream charts. Let’s look at a few times when musicians made it big on Billboard, ...