The Beatles have been called many things – including pioneers, innovators and icons. One thing they have rarely been called, however, is heavy metal. Still, that’s exactly what John Lennon labeled the ...

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. Of all the ...

The mark of a great pop song is that it has several meanings or ways into the song, but everything in the song, every component, is synthesized seamlessly. By that definition, the Beatles’ single, ...