25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Madonna “Keep It Together”
When Madonna‘s “Oh Father” peaked at number 20 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in the first week of the 1990s, it broke a string of what had been 17 consecutive Top 10 singles for the...
Monthly Archive: March 2015
DEF: Eurythmics “Here Comes The Rain Again”
British band Eurythmics have scored three Top 10 hits on Billboard‘s Ho 100 chart, all coming between 1983 and 1985. On this date in 1984, the middle song in that trio of hits, “Here...
DEF: Phil Collins “One More Night”
As the Daily Eighties Flashback noted in December, Phil Collins was one of the most successful artists of the 1980s — a success that included seven number one singles on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Exactly...
DEF: Loverboy “This Could Be The Night”
Calgary-based band Loverboy have two Top 10 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 to their name, with both of those hits coming in the mid-1980s. On this date in 1986, the second of those two Top...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Elton John “Sacrifice”
In terms of chart performance on Billboard‘s Hot 100, Elton John is among the Top 10 artists in each of three decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, and the 1990s. His success in the 1990s included...
DEF: Phil Seymour “Precious To Me”
This past week, the last film in “The Hobbit” series, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, was released on DVD, marking an end to Peter Jackson’s cinematic interpretations of the J.R.R. Tolkien book....
It Happened 50 Years Ago: The Supremes “Stop! In The Name Of Love”
In October, when Tunesmate debuted the “It Happened 50 Years Ago” feature, the subject of the post was the Supremes, who had hit number one exactly 50 years earlier with their song “Baby Love.”...
DEF: Bob & Doug McKenzie “Take Off”
Bob and Doug McKenzie are characters performed by comedians Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, originally as the hosts of a sketch on SCTV titled “Great White North.” The duo turned the skit into a film, Strange...
DEF: Michael Bolton “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”
While New Haven, Connecticut-born singer Michael Bolton is a very accomplished songwriter, and he has written or co-written a number of his own hit singles, Bolton has also built a substantial part of his...
DEF: Dino “24/7”
California-born singer Dino has scored five Top 40 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in his career, with all five coming between 1989 and 1993. Before hitting the Top 40, though, Dino appeared on the...
