Forbes

Dire Straits Hits One Chart For The First Time, Decades After Splitting Up

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 ...
Forbes

Dire Straits Manage A Surprising Comeback With Several Big Albums

Dire Straits earns chart success in the U.K. as two greatest hits albums reenter the Official Albums chart, while “Sultans of Swing” surges once again. AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 01: Photo of DIRE STRAITS ...
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I've Never Heard Dire Straits... Until Today. Vocal ANALYSIS of "Sultans of Swing"

Photos show people reacting to a US attack on Caracas, Venezuela, and the capture of the president Wetaskiwin business owner brings alleged fraudster to justice Israelis mobilize against denial of ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1978, Dire Straits Release Their First Big Hit, Debut Single “Sultans of Swing”

It was a rainy night in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, when Mark Knopfler found himself in a small pub watching a Dixieland jazz band playing to an audience of less than a handful of drunken patrons. The ...
Vulture

Dire Straits Had No Worlds Left to Conquer

“There was no way anybody else was going to stick their hand up and say, ‘Hey, Mark, I have a great song idea!’ There was no point. He was on a racetrack.” Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Rob ...