single stories

42 years ago today, Dire Straits released their debut single, a tune which would take them into the top 10 of both the US and UK singles charts for the first of what would prove to be many, many times....

Normally there’s an anniversary tied to our decision to do a Single Stories piece, but today’s selection is tied to more current events, specifically the recent cover of this tune by Captain Tom Moore, Michael Ball, and the NHS Voices...

47 years ago this week, Bread released the second single from their third album, a song that muscled its way up the Billboard Hot 100 – well, you know, inasmuch as a soft-pop single can muscle its way up anything...

80 years ago today, Woody Guthrie recorded a song that remains one of the most famous tunes in his repertoire and, indeed, a protest anthem of the highest order. While still in the midst of a stint with the Merchant...

Nine years ago this week, Cher released the single that would go on to top the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart and – in doing so – became the first artist ever to top a Billboard chart in each...

49 years ago this month, Gordon Lightfoot released the song that would provide him not only with his first appearance on the U.S. charts but, indeed, his first top-5 single on the Billboard Hot 100, not to mention a #1...

In today’s installment of Single Stories, we’re taking a long, strange trip into the history of one of the Grateful Dead’s most famous tunes, a song which ran for only two minutes and 44 seconds when it was released as...

25 years ago today, Adam Sandler debuted one of his most immortal tunes on Saturday Night Live ...or maybe it’s 25 years ago tomorrow, since he performed it during “Weekend Update,” which starts after midnight. Eh, either way, it’s still...

30 years ago today, Phil Collins released his long-awaited fourth studio album, an effort which had been four years in the making, so to commemorate the occasion, we’re taking a look back at the album’s first single, which provided Collins...