It's 1962 and we're on the cusp of a musical phenomenon... but for now we got the Beach Boys, Four Seasons, Smokey Robinson, Phil Spector, and...
It's 1961... can we hurry up with the Beatles, Beach Boys and Bob Dylan already?
It's the dawning of the 1960s, but popular music is still very much in late 50s mode... not that there's anything wrong with that.
Jazz! Pop! R&B! Chipmunks! 1959 had it all.
Welcome to our newest series, the imaginatively titled SONGS OF THE YEAR. You might be wondering: why 1958? Well, inquisitive reader, that’s the year Billboard unveiled...