Monthly Archive: July 2016
Kentucky-born musician Ricky Skaggs has hit number one on Billboard‘s country music chart eleven times, all in the 1980s. On this date in 1982, Skaggs’ second chart-topping single, “I Don’t Care,” rose to the top...
To date, Albuquerque-born singer Demi Lovato has hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart three times. The first came in a duet with Joe Jonas titled “This Is Me” that was billed as...
Andover, England-based band The Troggs hit the Top 40 with three of the four songs they placed on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Their biggest hit was their first charting single, “Wild Thing,” which exactly 50...
London-born musician Martin Briley appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart just once, though he reached the Top 40 in that appearance. On this date in 1983, that song — “The Salt in My Tears” —...
The first three of Florida-born musician Stevie B’s seven Top 40 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart came from his second album, In My Eyes. The title track from that album was the second of its...
The mashup of the week (MOTW) is entitled Evolution of Michael Jackson by Pentatonix. Michael Jackson’s passing is the reason Tunesmate started back over seven years ago, so why not pay tribute to the...
British duo The Style Council is most known in the United States for their Top 40 single, “My Ever Changing Moods,” from 1984. The group did, though, reach Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart one more time,...
Since first appearing on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in 1982, Ontario, Canada-born musician Bryan Adams has amassed twenty-two Top 40 hits, with eleven of those songs reaching the Top 10 and four hitting number one....
Nigerian singer Sade hit the Top 40 with five of her first six singles to appear on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. The song that didn’t reach the Top 40 was her second charting hit, “Your...
Among Surrey, England-born Peter Gabriel‘s twelve appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart as a solo artist, his biggest hit is his lone number one hit, “Sledgehammer,” which exactly 30 years ago climbed to the top...