DEF: Texas “I Don’t Want A Lover”
Over a career that has spanned nearly three decades, Glasgow, Scotland-based band Texas has appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart just once. On this date in 1989, that single — “I Don’t Want A Lover”...
Over a career that has spanned nearly three decades, Glasgow, Scotland-based band Texas has appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart just once. On this date in 1989, that single — “I Don’t Want A Lover”...
Los Angeles-based band Nelson, which was formed by Ricky Nelson’s twin sons Gunnar and Matthew, hit the Top 40 with all four singles they placed on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. All four of those singles...
In the mid-1970s, the Jackson 5 changed their name to The Jacksons, and the newly-named group would go on to add seven Top 40 hits to the sixteen they had already amassed. On this...
In the mid-1980s, British duo Wham! reached the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with seven consecutive singles, with the first three singles in that run topping the chart. Following those three number one...
Pittsburgh-born musician George Benson has appeared Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart 14 times in his career, with seven of those singles reaching the Top 40 and four climbing to the Top 10. Among all of those...
British group The Adventures of Stevie V hit the Top 40 once among their two appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Exactly 25 years ago, their one Top 40 hit, “Dirty Cash (Money Talks),” was...
London-based group Bananarama have hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart three times. The third of those three hits came with “I Heard A Rumour,” which on this date in 1987 rose to...
Oklahoma City-born musician Barry McGuire hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart just once, with the song “Eve Of Destruction,” which offered a critique of contemporary politics and violence in the middle of...
Los Angeles-based band Toto scored the two biggest hits of their career when they reached number 2 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with “Rosanna” in 1982 and then number 1 with “Africa” in 1983. In...
Los Angeles-based group Shalamar experienced their biggest success on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart as the 1980s were starting when “The Second Time Around” reached the Top 10 in the spring of 1980.”The Second Time Around,”...