When a nation is confronted with grief and doubt and uncertainty, its culture can sometimes fold inward — to the simple, the comforting, the seemingly pure. And maybe that’s what happened late in 1963 ...

Back in 1963 there was an improbable hit song by a French sister, The Singing Nun, called “Dominique”. But she couldn’t hold a candle to a another singing nun, a 25 year old Sicilian named Sister ...

Noel Regney, who wrote the lyrics for the Singing Nun’s 1963 No. 1 hit “Dominique” and a Cold War plea for peace that became a Christmas classic, “Do You Hear What I Hear?” has died. He was 80. The ...

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. When a nation is ...

This nun from Sicily rocks! (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.) Back in 1963 there was an improbable hit song by a French sister, ...