Billboard debut the Hot 100 chart on this day in 1958

Find out which artist and song was the first Billboard Hot 100 No.1 and some of the songs that have stayed the longest period on the main world reference music chart

Remembering Rock N’Roll icon Ricky Nelson

Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, Nelson churned out a string of chart-topping hits, including “Poor Little Fool,” “Lonesome Town,” Hello Mary Lou Goodbye Heart” and “Travelin’ Man”