In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. It's-a him!

“Let My Love Open the Door” was released on The Who guitarist’s second solo release, Empty Glass. When released as a single, it quickly became a top 10 hit for Townshend and would be his only solo ...

Outside of The Who, Pete Townshend’s biggest musical success is the 1980 single “Let My Love Open The Door,” which was his sole top-10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. (That actually matches The ...

The Who played their first concert since the pandemic began at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Friday evening. It was an all-acoustic charity gig to benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust that featured a ...

The soft-rock peak of the late 70s and early 80s accepted all comers. It didn’t matter what kind of history you had before that point as a band or artist. As long as you pulled it together for a song ...