single stories

35 years ago this week, Van Halen made their debut on the Billboard Hot 100 with the single that remains the band’s top-selling effort of all time. In 1981, Eddie Van Halen penned the synth line of “Jump,” but his...

52 years ago this month, Wilson Pickett – or Wicked Pickett, if you prefer – did something which always thrills the telephone company to no end: he recorded a song which featured a phone number as its title. As everyone...

A few days ago, Coldplay released their new concert album, LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES, and to celebrate the occasion, we thought we’d take a dive into their discography and spotlight one of the most notable singles of their semi-early career...

Now that we’re into December and the holiday season is off and running in a big way, we thought we’d take some time to spotlight a new single rather than an old chestnut…although, come to think of it, if the...

30 years ago this holiday season, Chris Rea released a single which he’d written 10 years before he recorded it, but despite sitting on it for a decade, the track has continued to find regular seasonal airplay throughout the intervening...

24 years ago this week, The Notorious B.I.G. hit his chart high with the first single from his debut studio album, proving that he was destined to be a musical force to be reckoned with, even if destiny would also...

Since today is Halloween, we here at Rhino thought it would be appropriate to offer up a Single Stories feature on a song with a title that matches the mood of the holiday, so let’s take a look at the...

Today we celebrate the song with which the late, great Warren Zevon is generally best remembered, and we do so not because it was recorded today, not because it was released today, nor because it hit a chart high today...

58 years ago today, The Drifters went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with a song that had been relegated to B-side status until a certain Bandstand man steered things in a different direction. Written by Doc Pomus...