Looking back at the biggest hit singles of every year, dating to the Hot 100's 1958 launch. By Xander Zellner Billboard has been publishing weekly rankings in one form or another for over a century.

reviving a bit of disco and dabbling in reggae with their cover of the Paragons' "The Tide Is High," which topped the Billboard Hot 100 the last week of January 1981. Notably, Autoamerican also ...