In 1987, British pop-punk icon Billy Idol scored his first (and only) U.S. chart-topper with an energetic cover of a 1960s ...

Young Billy Idol, then known as William Michael Albert Broad, was 15 years old when he discovered a new meaning of life in the alley behind a charity shop. “You’re a virgin, aren't you?” Idol recalled ...

“Mony Mony” means nothing – literally nothing. In the late ’60s, Tommy James and the Shondells crafted the tune as a party song, with an emphasis on the beat and little thought given to the ...

Tommy James co-wrote “Mony Mony” with producers Ritchie Cordell and Bo Gentry, and singer/songwriter Bobby Bloom. In a 2009 interview with Songfacts, James explained the origins of the party anthem’s ...

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. Tommy James And ...

The Midtown office tower that inspired the 1968 hit song “Mony Mony” has sold for much less “mony” than its previous owner paid for it. Yellowstone Real Estate forked over a mere $185 million — a ...

"Mony Mony" singer Tommy James had to abruptly end his concert in Las Vegas last Friday after suffering from exhaustion. James was performing at the Golden Nugget casino on March 7 when he was ...