Monthly Archive: August 2016
Of Hanover, Germany-based band Scorpions‘ six appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, their biggest hit was their lone Top 10 hit, “Wind of Change,” which was inspired by the ending of the Cold War that...
As you’ve likely heard by now, actor Gene Wilder passed away on Monday at the age of 83. Wilder is known for many parts, including Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Jim...
Birmingham, England-born musician Steve Winwood has hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twice. The first time happened exactly 30 years ago, when “Higher Love” rose to the top of the chart for a...
Among Oakland, California-based group Pointer Sisters‘ twenty-seven appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, their biggest hits were a pair of song that reached number 2. They accomplished the feat for the first time in 1979...
Rye, New York-born actor Christopher Atkins became a teen heartthrob in the early 1980s while starring in such films as The Blue Lagoon and The Pirate Movie, opposite fellow teen sensations Brooke Shields and Kristy McNichol, respectively....
Of the nine number one singles Katy Perry has amassed to date, five came from her 2010 album Teenage Dream. Exactly five years ago, the last of those five number one singles, “Last Friday Night...
Between 1966 and 1969, New Jersey-based vocal group The Happenings placed nine songs on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, two of which reached the Top 10. Exactly 50 years ago, the group’s first Top 10 hit,...
Tennessee-born singer Rita Coolidge has hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart six times. The last of those hits came with “All Time High” from the James Bond film Octopussy. On this date in...
Don Henley‘s 1989 album The End of the Innocence produced three Top 40 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, the biggest of which was the album’s title track, which on this date that year reached a...
Between 1976 and 1990, Auckland, New Zealand-based band Dragon made twenty-two appearances on the Australian pop chart, with six of those songs hitting the chart in their home country as well. The band made...