It has been a magnificent year for Black Theater. (By the way, you can still experience theater at exceptional levels by getting tickets to “ Ragtime ” at Lincoln Center. That’s a Broadway musical at ...

Forty-three years ago today, Hall & Oates started a four-week run at No. 1 with what would become their biggest hit.

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All I Want for Christmas Is You” — now the song with the most weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 — ties as the sixth-longest-charting hit of all time.

On 1949, Blaze Foley, the underrated songwriter who influenced all your favorite mainstream songwriters, was born.