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. At least where ...

Before Kanye was a mononym and quote machine on the kusp of marrying a Kardashian; before there were classes taught about him; before being Kanye’d was a verb; before he was a fashion designer, a ...