25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Tom Petty “Free Fallin'”
Among his 15 Top 40 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, Gainesville, Florida-born Tom Petty has had two singles reach the Top 10. The first Top 10 hit, “Don’t Do Me Like That,” hit number...
Among his 15 Top 40 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, Gainesville, Florida-born Tom Petty has had two singles reach the Top 10. The first Top 10 hit, “Don’t Do Me Like That,” hit number...
Brooklyn, New York musician and songwriter Barry Manilow has 11 Top 10 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart to his name. The first ten of those hits charted in the 1970, beginning with his first...
New York City-born singer Shirley Ellis hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart three times in the mid-1960s, beginning with “The Nitty Gritty” in late 1963/early 1964 and continuing with “The Name Game”...
In late 1981 and early 1982, the London-based Royal Philharmonic Orchestra made an appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with “Hooked On Classics,” a medley of classical songs played by the orchestra set to a...
Everett, Washington-born musician Kenny Loggins scored 13 Top 40 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in the 1980s, ranging from “This Is It,” which was in the Top 40 as the decade began, to “Nobody’s...
Duluth, Minnesota-born music legend Bob Dylan hit Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart just once in the 1980s as a solo act, as “Sweetheart Like You” spent nine weeks on the chart in late 1983 and early...
In the late 1980s, Foreigner lead singer Lou Gramm embarked upon a solo career that would lead to two Top 10 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. In 1987, he reached number 5 with...
British band Deep Purple hit Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart seven times in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including three Top 40 hits, two of which rose to the top 5, as “Hush” and “Smoke...
With 20 Top 40 singles on Billboard‘s Hot 100 charts during the 1980s, including four number ones, Prince was one of the most successful pop music acts of the decade. In fitting fashion, Prince was...
In the mid-1980s, former Isley Brothers members Ernie Isley, Chris Jasper, and Marvin Isley came together to record under the name Isley/Jasper/Isley and release three albums. Two singles from those albums hit Billboard‘s Hot 100...