The popular music of the late 1950s was dominated by Italian singers from the urban northeast — though you might never guess it with a cursory glance at their names. Besides the uncontested star of ...

How does this kind of thing happen? 1958 was only two or three years after rock ‘n’ roll crossed over and changed the course of American culture. And yet the biggest song of 1958 was a grandly hammy ...

HOLLYWOOD -- Domenico Modugno's "Volare" was named the top record of 1958 Monday night at the first annual grammy awards dinner of the national academy of recording arts and sciences. "Volare" also ...

Looking back at the biggest hit singles of every year, dating to the Hot 100's 1958 launch. By Xander Zellner Billboard has been publishing weekly rankings in one form or another for over a century.

Only one has ever reached No. 1. By Hannah Dailey Hundreds of songs have been entered into Eurovision Song Contest since its inaugural competition in 1956, but only a dozen have ever reached so much ...

Italy’s muff-haired Domenico Modugno, a guitar-plunking crooner with a gypsy wail, turns out lyrics that make no sense, and he cannot read the music he composes and sings. But last year his song ...

Coordinated by The Eurovision Song Contest is coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union, the world’s leading alliance of public service media with 113 Members across 56 countries – along with 31 ...

The Number Ones is a new column where I'll review 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.