“Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)” was an international hit. It topped the UK Singles Chart and peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100. It also reached the top 10 in multiple countries around the globe.

This week in 1960: X-15 rocket plane set a manned record of 2,150 mph at Edwards Air Force in California; U.S. Senate ratified 12 Nation Antarctic Treaty; American-owned property in Cuba was seized by ...

In the early days, he even helped to write these songs, creating those melodies that soared ever skyward. Later in his career, he teamed up with younger collaborators who might have put the words in ...