2 in December 1967. The inscription read: "To Know Him Was to Love Him. Stigwood heard it and was adamant the Bee Gees record it themselves.Selling more than four million copies, "Le Freak" established the credentials of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, who went on to produce for Diana Ross, David Bowie, Carly Simon, Madonna, Sister Sledge, Duran Duran and Debbie Harry.Max Steiner composed the score for the 1959 film "A Summer Place," and Toronto-born Faith covered the main theme, giving him the most successful instrumental of the rock era.Writer/producer Babyface says the song was to him, "imagining what would…follow 'End of the Road' but not be exactly the same, but familiar enough where you could touch some of the same ingredients, so they don't make a total left turn from where they left off. 1 in 10 years.The title was already a catchphrase in the South when Steve (Roll'n) Gibson and Cecil (DC) Glenn recorded this bassline-heavy hip-hop track. With Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on guitar, "Hot Stuff" was just the ticket. She asked Hooker if she could record it, but couldn't get her group the Runaways to cut the song.

A backstage discussion about how to handle this dilemma led drummer Ron Beitle to tell Parissi, "Play that funky music, white boy," and Parissi grabbed a bar order pad and wrote down those words.Mick Jagger sings backing vocals, but that doesn't mean the song is about him. This song marked Mars' formal debut as a solo artist after charting as a featured guest on B.o.B's No. A few weeks later, Lewis signed to the Beltone label and discovered his labelmates were the Fireflies, who offered him a song they had written, "Tossin' and Turnin'. "She was the reigning queen of disco, but Summer wanted to record a rock song. The first of three No. "It lost…its jump in sales activity. It became her longest-running No. With Motown's Russ Terrana, she moved her vocals forward. 1.McCartney and Wonder recorded the duet together, on the island of Montserrat in the West Indies. Checker was invited to perform "The Twist" on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Oct. 22, 1961, prompting a re-release of the single and a full-page ad in Billboard that proclaimed, "‘The Twist' dance rage explodes into the adult world!" "Michael Kamen composed the music for "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and wanted Kate Bush or Annie Lennox to sing the title song. It became the A-side, as well as a radio hit of its own, and the single went back to No.

"When the Stax label folded, the three Hutchinson sisters had to find a new home.

1 song of the year on the annual recaps of those two lists.When this song reached the top of the Hot 100, the Supremes became the first Motown act to have two No. 7 and remained on the Hot 100 for 65 weeks.Stewart tried to record his album "A Night on the Town" in Los Angeles but couldn't hit a correct note, which he blamed on the smog. Their version went unreleased and Turner had her first No. "Someone Like You" was on top for five weeks and "Set Fire to the Rain" triumphed for two weeks.The synthesizer-based hit won the Academy Award for Best Song, defeating "Maniac" from the same film as well as "Over You" from "Tender Mercies" and "Papa, Can You Hear Me?"

Rihanna scored the biggest hit of her career (and the top 'love' song of the 21st century) with only her fourth Hot 100 entry to feature "love" in the title, following "If It's Lovin' That You Want" (2005), "Hate That I Love You" (2007) and her featured role on Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" (2010).When the members of Boyz II Men first heard Babyface's composition "I'll Make Love to You," they were concerned about recording a song that was too similar to their previous hit, "End of the Road." 1 position in the U.S.Adding vocals to this song was one of Collins' heroes, David Crosby. Tommy Edwards recorded the song that year, but it was a 1958 re-recording in the new format called "stereo" that topped the Hot 100.Dawn was ready to disband at the end of 1972 after three consecutive singles failed to make the top 60 of the Hot 100.

33. This time, Clive Davis said yes.Four months after he was No. "Fallin'" and "My Boo" each ruled for six weeks.Lady Sarah McCorqudale asked Elton John to sing at the funeral of her sister, Princess Diana. "The most successful single by a U.K. solo female since "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John 30 years earlier. "But I'm really glad 'Rush Rush' was the first single," she says. "The sixth of her 18 Hot 100 entries and the first to rise higher than No.

1 30 years to the week after Santana's debut on the Hot 100 with "Jingo." "Newly signed to Capitol, Turner's first single for the EMI-owned label was a cover of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," which peaked at a disappointing No. 1, making him the fifth artist in Hot 100 history at the time to succeed himself in pole position, following the Beatles, Boyz II Men, Puff Daddy and Ja Rule.Billboard's review of the single correctly predicted: "Mars has created a feel-good jam that should establish him as a solo contender in his own right." It held pole position for 14 weeks, two weeks shy of the record-setting "One Sweet Day," but it was on the chart for 43 weeks, by far her longest Hot 100 run.The first single released on the Beatles' own Apple label, and the longest-running No. 1 in terms of running time, at seven minutes and 11 seconds.Years after it was a hit, Boone told Billboard: "Because the lyrics really lent themselves to how I felt about my relationship with the Lord, that's the way I chose to sing it.