ANAHEIM, Calif. -- When rocker Eddie Cochran released "Summertime Blues" in August 1958, the concept of "the song of summer" was born. It had a catchy melody with a chugging beat and lyrics that ...

It hit 80 degrees today in the nation’s capital. The cherry blossoms have come and gone, and my neighbor put the top down on his Mustang. Yep – it may still technically be ten weeks away, but Summer ...

Alex Warren’s chart-topping ballad “Ordinary” is this summer’s most popular song by the numbers, but critics and music fans have lamented that this summer seemed to have few breakout hits as the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As previously reported, Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” reigns as the No. 1 hit on the season-ending 2025 Songs of the Summer survey. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Labor Day weekend has come and gone, which must mean that the final word is in on the Songs of the Summer. What does Billboard‘s ...

Music and summertime have long gone hand in hand and with the advent of streaming and trending social media songs, listeners know what's popular faster than ever before. This makes fame ever fleeting, ...

Each week, we use this column to break down major takeaways from the latest Billboard albums and singles charts. But it seems like a good week to break down a larger question about the charts circa ...

The hit was released in 1969.

Welcome to the sound of public radio in 2025. Our list of the best 125 songs of the year was curated by more than 60 writers and DJs across the NPR Music Network, and runs the gamut of sounds, scenes ...

Both created some of the greatest summer songs of the ’60s. Sly and the Family Stone’s “Hot Fun in the Summertime,” which arrived in August 1969, might be the summer single of the decade, while summer ...