McCartney's most self-aware song, this massive smash (the best-selling single of the year, and No. 1 for the month leading up to the Fourth of July) also cheekily thumbed its nose at critics. "Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs," he sang. "What's wrong with...
Taupin and John are responsible for more than 35 gold and 25 platinum albums, 30 consecutive U.S. Top 40 hits, have sold more than 255 million records worldwide, and hold the record for the biggest-selling single of all time, Candle In the Wind ’97, with more than 33 million copies...
Blige has made some good records over the years, but she's also made some forgettable ones. And she's always been more of an artist who draws from her influences rather than an influence on others. More than any of the other artists this year, she's the one whose credentials are the ...
At its start in the 1970s, Apple was a conventional computer maker, differing mostly in the sense of selling more expensive gear that was often better built (outside of the ill-fated Apple III that was rushed to market). But Apple's biggest differentiator was theMac, and its ...
2008) was a French Canadian soldier who was the only Canadian and one of only three soldiers in the British Commonwealth to ever receive the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) twice in separate wars. Major earned his first DCM in World War II in 1945 when he single-handedly liberated the cit...
1960: Elvis Presley, "It's Now or Never" The best-selling single of the King’s iconic career, “It’s Now or Never” spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1960. It also proved to be a force overseas, becoming Presley’s most successful inter...
1960: Elvis Presley, "It's Now or Never" The best-selling single of the King’s iconic career, “It’s Now or Never” spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1960. It also proved to be a force overseas, becoming Presley’s most successful inter...
1960: Elvis Presley, "It's Now or Never" The best-selling single of the King’s iconic career, “It’s Now or Never” spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1960. It also proved to be a force overseas, becoming Presley’s most successful inter...
"Think Twice" barely made a ripple in theStates(No. 97), but remains one of Dion's signature hits across the other side of the Atlantic. The song reigned for seven weeks on the Top 40 singles chart CHART, becoming one of the U.K.'sbiggest-sellingsolo female songs of all time. ...
GDP, or gross domestic product, measures the nation's economic health, and the retail trade sector holds first place according to the United States Census Bureau. What does the retail trade sector encompass? Selling tangible goods to customers tells only part of the story. Providing services to...