Growing up, family parties would wind down around our favorite special occasion appliance. My father clumsily ran cables from the karaoke machine into our television, transforming the living room into ...

The Hot 100 launched in 1958, just 13 years after the end of World War II. The war was still well within living memory, and I have to imagine that it left deep psychic wounds all across the globe. And ...

Underlying the sweetness of Kyu Sakamoto's unexpected hit song "Sukiyaki" was a story of sadness and loss. (Courtesy of the artist) ...

Japan's Fuji Festival recently hosted a mini-summit for scruffy millennial icons as Post Malone joined Mac DeMarco on stage to assist with a cover of Kyu Sakamoto’s classic "Sukiyaki." Malone played ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.… The Hot 100 ...