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. ...

David Cantwell and Bill Friskics-Warren's Heartaches By The Number echoes Dave Marsh's book-length list The Heart Of Rock & Soul in that both comment on a massive body of popular songs, and both are ...

Most interesting release: You’d have to call this country/soul, performed in the noble tradition of the great Arthur Alexander, Joe Simon, Candi Staton, Jimmy Hughes and several swamp pop artists.