One of the most unexpected songs of the 1960s hit No. 1 exactly 60 years ago today—and went on to become the biggest hit of ...

The song "The Ballad of the Green Berets," sung by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler, hit No. 1 on the U.S. music charts on this day in history, March 5, 1966. Unlike many songs that would emerge from the ...

This week in 1966: President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill requiring food labeling to identify contents; the U.S. and U.S.S.R. signed an accord for direct air service from Washington to Moscow; Ronald ...