Long before there ever was such a thing as CanCon, and long before most of us were born, a song written by a Canadian woman topped the very first ever Billboard chart. The list of the best selling tunes was launched 80 years ago Monday, and somehow appropriately, the #1 that week was by Big Band leader Tommy Dorsey, with a vocal by a then still rising young crooner named Frank Sinatra. 

But "I'll Never Smile Again" was written by a Great White Northerner named Ruth Lowe, who composed it after she lost her husband.

It's a tale long lost to history, but resurrected on the Dock's iHeart website this week. If you like this kind of thing, it's an interesting story you can find here.