In 1978, a song about a little-known pub band quietly transformed Dire Straits into international stars. "Sultans of Swing" became the band's breakthrough hit and eventually one of the defining rock ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing" has remained one of the band's best-known songs for nearly five decades, and its latest chart ...

‘Sultans of Swing’ was both the first single from Dire Straits’ debut album and a revealing first-person account of the average working band’s hardscrabble, often thankless existence playing British ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. “Sultans of Swing” gives Dire Straits its first streaming hit in ...

The newcomers had lost their opening match to Sultans of Swings.Meanwhile, Seven Iron edged Golf Ninjas 4-3, while Sultans of Swing beat Golf Masters 4.5-2.5. GB Legends also registered their first ...

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Some of the most enduring songs are the ones that completely buck tradition and convention, that is, they’re songs that a publisher would laugh you out of his office over if you were pitching. It’s ...

Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing" has remained one of the band's best-known songs for nearly five decades, and its latest chart activity shows that listeners are still finding it in the streaming era.