Today (Feb. 19) in 1972, pop-soft rock icon Harry Nilsson kicked off a 4-week run at the top of the Billboard U.S. Singles chart with his remake of a Badfinger tune—a moment that cemented his place in ...

While many of the most enduring ballads of our time tell heartbreaking tales, one chart-topping, genre-crossing classic is tragic on a variety of levels that have nothing to do with the subject matter ...