Sometimes one minor detail can make all the difference. A case study for this principle comes in the form of the pop music act Air Supply, which enjoyed success in the 1980s thanks to mellow hits like ...

I can usually figure it out. Every time I write one of these columns, I look back at the context for a song that was, however briefly, the biggest single in the United States at some point in the past ...

[Editor's Note: Back in July we sent out an open call to brave musicians for our first-ever mystery cover song challenge curated by writer Victor Infante. Artists volunteered to cover any song we gave ...