The track, which spent five weeks at No. 1, became the second song to top the weekly Hot 100, after Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool.” Also in the 1958 year-end issue, Billboard continued ...

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In late 1971, a track with a very distinctive rhythm ... pop charts for three months before winning the Academy Award for Best Song the next year. Meanwhile, its shimmering rhythmic elements ...