Monthly Archive: February 2018
Canadian band Eight Seconds made just one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1987, that song, “Kiss You (When It’s Dangerous),” climbed to a peak position of number 72. Today, “Kiss...
After hitting the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart nine times in the 1980s, Duran Duran went more than four years at the end of the decade and the beginning of the next one...
George Michael‘s Faith album produced four number one hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Exactly 30 years ago, the second of those four number one hits, “Father Figure,” climbed to the top of the chart for...
What you get when cross two of the biggest dance hits of the day “Midnight City” by M83 and “Something Like This” by The Chain Smokers? You get the mashup of the week “Midnight...
Birmingham, England-based group Musical Youth hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart just once, though that one song, “Pass the Dutchie,” reached the Top 10. Exactly 35 years ago, “Pass the Dutchie” climbed...
Florida-based group Will to Power scored the biggest hit of their career when “Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley” reached number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in late 1988. On this date in 1989, their...
Charlottesville, Virginia-born Tommy Boyce and Phoenix, Arizona-born Bobby Hart teamed up to make five appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with three of those songs reaching the Top 40. The duo’s lone Top 10 hit...
Meridian, Mississippi-born musician Steve Forbert hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart just once. On yesterday’s date in 1980, that one song, “Romeo’s Tune,” climbed to a peak position of number 11. Today,...
Maroon 5‘s 2012 album Overexposed produced four Top 10 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Exactly five years ago, the third of those four hits, “Daylight,” climbed to a peak position of number 7.
Two songs from Steve Miller Band‘s 1984 album Italian X Rays made appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1985, the second of those two songs, “Bongo Bongo,” climbed to a peak position...