When rocker Eddie Cochran released “Summertime Blues” in August 1958, the concept of “the song of summer” was born. It had a catchy melody with a chugging beat and lyrics that anyone whose summer wasn ...

Alex Warren’s chart-topping ballad “Ordinary” is this summer’s most popular song by the numbers, but critics and music fans have lamented that this summer seemed to have few breakout hits as the ...