Monthly Archive: November 2011

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Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

I know this much is true … Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of a New Jersey-based band hitting number 1.  Today is an anniversary for another act from New Jersey.  Exactly 20 years ago...

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Giving Number One A Bad Name

Over the past three decades, New Jersey-based band Bon Jovi has hit the top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart many times, with a long string of hits that starts with “Runaway” reaching number 39...

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Ten Years Without George

It’s hard to believe, but today marks ten years since George Harrison passed away.  At the age of 58 the former Beatle lost his battle with lung cancer on November 29, 2001. Beyond his hits with...

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Moves Like The Jagger

I can’t get “Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5 out my head. The song was released in June but recently seems to have peaked. Why wasn’t this song thought of years ago? Mick Jagger...

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Foreigner’s Run

Quick … What was the band Foreigner’s only number 1 hit on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart? If you guessed “Waiting For a Girl Like You,” which appears above, you’re incorrect.  The correct answer is...

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Buble Holiday Album

A few years back, Michael Buble covered the holiday classic “Let It Snow” and listeners begged for more. Now your wishes are granted with an 11 track holiday album from the new king of...

Thanksgiving Day Band Names 0

Thanksgiving Day Band Names

In the past Tunesmate delivered tunes that provided a Thanksgiving dinner. Now here are bands names that can make up a scrumptious Thanksgiving Day meal. Band names for Thanksgiving meals: Cream Limp Biscuit Humble...

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Showing Us Yet Another Place

Javier Soriano, AFP/Getty Images Even if you don’t know Canadian songwriter Leonard Cohen, you’ve likely heard some of his songs, which have been covered and performed by numerous artists throughout the last five decades. ...

What was your first mp3 player? 0

What was your first mp3 player?

On this day in 1998, the first mp3 player by Diamond Multimedia was manufactured and sold in the US. I bought the Rio Player this same year and got on the digital music scene....

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Human

Exactly 25 years ago today, the Human League hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with “Human.”  It was the band’s second number 1 hit, following “Don’t You Want Me,” which rose to...