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. There are so ...
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane. Ain’t got time to take a fast train. The opening lines of “The Letter” by the Box Tops are among the most urgent to have ever blasted out of an AM radio. The year was ...
The Box Tops' front line in 2021: Gary Talley, Bill Cunningham, and Rick Levy. Credit: Photo provided by the Box Tops/Used with permission In many rock, blues, and country songs, written letters do ...