Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the latter part of 1973, an unforgettable heartbreak ballad dominated the airwaves, resulting in a No. 1 hit for soulful ...

On this day (April 16) in 1974, Charlie Rich was at No. 1 on the country chart with “A Very Special Love Song.” It spent three weeks at the top of the chart and was his fourth consecutive single to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1973, Charlie Rich released a song so intimate and controversial that many radio stations refused to play it. "Behind Closed ...

Rich released his debut album, Lonely Weekends with Charlie Rich, in 1960. It was the first of ten albums that failed to chart. He wouldn’t break the top 10 of the albums chart until 1972, when The ...