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The Haunting Connections Between Roberta Flack’s Death and Kendrick’s “Luther” Hitting No. 1
(February 28, 2025). The news of Roberta Flack’s death on Monday (2/24) came just as Billboard announced that Kendrick Lamar & SZA had climbed to No. 1 on the Hot…
Roberta Flack Took a Risk — It Gave Us Donny Hathaway’s Final Songs (And Made Us Dance!)
Roberta Flack: A Timeless Voice and an Overlooked Masterpiece (February 28, 2025). Earlier this week, the world lost one of its most elegant and evocative voices with the passing of…
‘Ain’t Understanding Mellow’ When You Experience the Zen of Jerry Butler’s Best Song?
(February 23, 2025). Jerry Butler, the soul music icon and former member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocal group The Impressions, left behind a remarkable legacy when…
Triple-Dippers: These 17 Songs Moved to No. 1 Three or More Times
(February 21, 2025). Most of the 1178 songs that have hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 followed a familiar trajectory: they rose, peaked, and eventually faded into chart…
When ‘90s Pop Found Religion: The Surprising Year That Took the Charts to Church
(February 18, 2025). Back in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, rock musicians were reconciling their music with their spirituality in ways never before seen in modern pop history. Bible-based…