4, 1958, launch, just one also features nothing but vocals and piano: Adele’s “Someone Like You,” which ruled for ... include instrumentation beyond piano. Much more uncommon is a hit ...

What, then, was the last all-out, low-key piano ballad to rule the Hot 100 prior to “Someone Like You”? I’m tempted to bestow the title upon any of the early “American Idol” coronation ...

He adds, “Now you can turn off the sound altogether and play the piano in the middle of the night and the neighbors won’t hear it, but it sounds like you’re in a concert hall. That is just a ...