![]() ![]() ![]() The songs in the book aren’t all great, canonical works, but they all mark turning points. Even though the project is ongoing, the book is a kind of culmination of the work. I’ve been writing about these #1 hits for a few years now, and I’ve written hundreds of columns. You will probably disagree with at least a few of the songs that I picked. I wrote entire chapters on George McCrae’s “Rock Your Baby” and Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” because I’ve identified them as, respectively, the first disco and rap songs to reach #1. Sometimes, the songs themselves are great leaps forward I’ve got chapters, for instance, on the Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” and Prince’s “When Doves Cry.” Sometimes, though, the songs simply stand in as indicators of a changing world. I’ve chosen 20 songs that were historically important as #1 hits. The basic idea behind the book is to use the Billboard singles charts, and the #1 spot specifically, as a way to look at the history of pop music in America. None of my columns are reprinted in the book it’s a wholly original work. The book is a sort of extension of the column, but it’s also a whole different thing. The book is called The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal The History Of Pop Music, and I’ve been working on it for a long time. If you’ve been reading the Number Ones, the column where I review every #1 hit in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, then you might’ve already seen a few references to this thing, but I’ve now got the green light to officially announce it. ![]()
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