American Songwriter

3 One-Hit Wonders From 1979 That Every Radio Listener Remembers

In the mood for some one-hit wonders from 1979 that took over the radio back in the day? These solitary hits just don't quit.
American Songwriter

The Story Behind “Mexican Radio” by Wall of Voodoo and How a Nascent MTV Helped It Become a Radio Hit

Would Wall of Voodoo have ever reached the charts with a hit single if not for its memorable music video? We’ll never know, but their signature song “Mexican Radio”—released in 1982— was just the sort ...
Rolling Stone

The 50 Best One-Hit Wonders of the 2000s

Popular music experienced a massive upheaval during the ‘00s, when the high record sales of the Nineties crash-landed, record-store chains closed en masse, and tech companies started beckoning ...
Iowa Public Radio

Why don't DJs at some radio stations play a wider variety of music?

So, A, I don't know what you listen to on the radio when you're not listening to NPR. But in my family, in my car, the kids demand... A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: (Laughter). INSKEEP: ...The hit music radio. And ...