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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This was the beginning of the band's identity.

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 ...