–Rosemary Clooney, on her No. 1 1954 hit “Mambo Italiano” Very few American kids have their MP3 players loaded with classical music. They prefer to spend their scrilla on hip-hop because other types ...
The top 40 charts in the early 1980s were packed with oddball pop hits such as Stars on 45’s Beatles medley; “Hooked on Classics,” a mixture of classical songs set to a disco beat; and a top 10 ...