Fifty years after release, Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 remains the biggest selling album in US history with 40 million sales, ahead of Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

It was a throwaway line in my Chris Christie column from the other day, repeated here: “It’s a greatest hits list. It’s almost as hummable as ‘Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-78.’” I was talking ...

Before compiling the best songs by one's favorite musical artists took minutes, greatest hits vinyl albums and CDs were popular. It was usually money well spent to get an artist's most notable tunes ...