Who was this for? Who thought this was funny? “Mr. Custer” was a novelty song about the Battle Of Little Bighorn, sung from the perspective of a cowardly soldier who didn’t want to fight the Lakota ...

In a slice of time when kids still danced with their arms around each other or touched in swing dancing, you couldn’t dance to this song. But, it still went to No. 1 on the pop charts in October 1960.

The Golden Globes are known for stretching the boundaries of what’s considered comedy in their nominations, but Thursday’s nominations also blur the lines of what is considered an original song. In ...

If T Bone Burnett's new folk ditty is the next "Man of Constant Sorrow," who stands to reap the rewards? The song's credits are as muddled as its history. By Mitch Myers Young singer Llewyn Davis, ...

You might know Tommy Tutone by their hit new wave track “867-5309/Jenny” from 1981. That song was the band’s claim to fame and peaked at no. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Unfortunately for Tommy Tutone, ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing 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. Who was this for ...