The 5 classic Dire Straits songs that aren't on their No. 1 album 'Brothers in Arms' originally appeared on Goldmine. Along with U2 and The Police, Dire Straits were among the most successful ...

Ranking all of Dire Straits' albums that sold more than one million units 10 - Alchemy: Dire Straits Live - 1.2 million sales The first album on this list of million-selling albums is this great ...

Stats don’t lie, but the tales they tell can be misleading. Take Dire Straits, who were by any measure one of the biggest rock bands of the 1980s.Their 1985 LP Brothers in Arms was a blockbuster ...

The meaning behind Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing," a song that pokes fun at MTV's complete domination of the '80s music industry.

Dire Straits were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. “Sultans of Swing” was also placed on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.

The band Dire Straits during the recording of "Brothers In Arms" - from left to right Guy Fletcher, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Terry Williams, John Illsley. Deborah Feingold/UMC/EMI/dpa Mark ...

Tucked into that list were Dire Straits, whose first single, "Sultans of Swing" went to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The back-to-basics rock song that culminates in a one-minute ride out ...

Jack Sonni, known as “the other guitarist” in the British rock group Dire Straits, died Wednesday at the age of 68. The band announced Sonni’s death on X (formerly Twitter) with a post that ...

Dire Straits star John Illsley has left fans excited by the idea of a reunion following an interview about the rock band’s success.. The bass guitarist has revealed that the “Sultans of Swing ...

The Dire Straits story is one of rags to riches on fast-forward. In 1977 Knopfler started the band with his brother David and their friends John Illsley and David “Pick” Withers.