The heartfelt ballad became one of the biggest country hits of the 1970s.

The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on Dec. 7, 1974 and remained there for two weeks. More than 50 years later, “Kung Fu Fighting” remains one of the most memorable one-hit wonders of all time ...

The year of 1974 stands out as a prime era for novelty songs and highly melodramatic story songs. Many of those songs ascended to the very top of the charts in that calendar year. It left songs with ...

In November 1973, Ringo Starr had his first No. 1 solo hit on the Hot 100 with “Photograph.” The tune, which the drummer co-wrote with his ex-Beatles bandmate George Harrison, appeared on Starr’s ...