Monthly Archive: July 2017
Three songs from country music legend Merle Haggard‘s 1981 album Big City reached the Top 2 on Billboard‘s country music chart. After the first two reached number one, on this date in 1982, the third song...
Wisconsin-born member of the Go-Go’s Jane Wiedlin has made four appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in her solo career, one of which reached the Top 10. On this date in 1988, that song —...
The Doors made seventeen appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with eight of them reaching the Top 40 and three making the Top 10. Their biggest hit, “Light My Fire,” was their first song to...
Bon Jovi‘s 1988 album New Jersey produced five Top 10 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1989, the fourth of those songs — “Lay Your Hands on Me” — rose to a...
American singer Karen Kamon made just one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. That appearance came with the song “Loverboy,” which on this date in 1984 debuted at a peak position of number 88. “Loveboy”...
Augusta, Georgia-born singer Amy Grant has hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart ten times. Her first trip to the Top 40 came with her first appearance on the chart. On this date...
New York City-born musician Carole King has hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twelve times over a time period ranging nearly two decades from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. On...
Kentucky-born musician Billy Ray Cyrus has become more known over the past couple of decades as the father of pop star Miley Cyrus. Before that, though, Billy Ray enjoyed his own success as a...
Los Angeles-based band Klymaxx hit the Top 20 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, all between 1985 and 1987. On this date in 1987, the third of those three hits — “I’d Still Say Yes” —...
Chicago-based band Survivor made eighteen appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, all in the 1980s, with eight of those songs hitting the Top 40 and five reaching the Top 10. The band’s biggest hit is...