Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 03: Jimmy Buffett plays a song as he performs at a Get Out the ... [+] Vote rally for U.S ...

When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, Buffett went to the city to perform benefit concerts and would play Steve Goodman’s 1971 song “City of New Orleans.” He later recorded ...

Buffett made his musical breakthrough with his 1977 album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, which included the song Margaritaville, which enjoyed 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.