DEF: Bee Gees “One”
After being one of pop music’s most successful acts of the 1970s, the Bee Gees went almost the entire decade of the 1980s without a Top 10 hit on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart.  With just...
Monthly Archive: September 2014
DEF: The Cars “Drive”
Boston-based band The Cars have hit the Top 10 four times in their career, with all four of those hits coming in the 1980s. Of the four, the biggest was “Drive,” which spent three...
What’s The Setlist Bro?
Are you going to a show and wondering what the band’s setlist is? Why go into a show blind? I understand it could be a spoiler alert but you can use SetList.fm to give...
DEF: Phil Collins “Don’t Lose My Number”
London-born musician Phil Collins released his third solo album, No Jacket Required, in early 1985, and he hit number one with the first two singles from that album, “Sussudio” and “One More Night.” While the...
DEF: Run-D.M.C. “Walk This Way”
New York-based group Run-D.M.C.‘s remake of the Aerosmith tune “Walk This Way” was not only the group’s first single to hit Billboard‘s Hot 100; it was their biggest hit. On this date in 1986, Run D.M.C.’s “Walk...
DEF: Balance “Breaking Away”
New York-based band Balance hit Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twice, with both of those singles coming from their self-titled album released in 1981. One of the two singles, “Breaking Away,” hit the Top 40, and...
DEF: Dolly Parton “I Will Always Love You”
In terms of pop music success, the song “I Will Always Love You” is most remembered for the version by Whitney Houston that spent 14 weeks at the top of Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in...
DEF: Debbie Gibson “Staying Together”
Between the summer of 1987 and the summer of 1988, New York-born recording artist and teen sensation Debbie Gibson hit the Top 5 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with her first four singles. Her streak...
DEF: Warrant “Heaven”
Los Angeles-based band Warrant hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart three times in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Exactly 25 years ago today, the biggest of those hits, “Heaven,” hit its...
DEF: John Waite “Missing You”
Lancaster, England-born musician John Waite hit the Top 40 three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s with the band the Babys before the act broke up. Following the breakup, Waite ventured into...
