Monthly Archive: July 2011

EW’s Top 100 Summer Songs 0

EW’s Top 100 Summer Songs

Entertainment Weekly recently presented the top 100 summer songs of all-time. *Spoiler-alert: Below are the top five! Tunesmate counted-down the top forty summer tunes and had a much different result. What is your favorite...

The Troggs’ Wild Thing at 45 Years 0

The Troggs’ Wild Thing at 45 Years

Exactly 45 years ago today, The Troggs hit number 1 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with their well-known hit and Tunesmate Title Title winner “Wild Thing.”  The song, which was the band’s first to appear on the chart, spent two weeks at...

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Whole Lotta Sabbath

What happens when you mashup the two greatest rock bands of all-time? The result is a mash-up called “Whole Lotta Sabbath” by Wax Audio that combines Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” and Led Zeppelin’s “Whole...

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Sledgehammer

In a career that now extends for more than four decades, including his time with the band Genesis and his solo career, Peter Gabriel has become known for his politically engaged music that includes...

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Amy Winehouse and the 27 Club

As you likely know already, singer Amy Winehouse was found dead Saturday morning.  You may also have heard, as various media outlets are noting, that Winehouse is the latest in a long list of...

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Top Anniversary Songs

Are you planning an anniversary party? Why not set the night to music? Here is a list of anniversary songs. Do you have any to add? Anniversary Tunes Anniversary Waltz – Guy Lombardo Anniversary...

Unbelievable 0

Unbelievable

Exactly 20 years ago today British band EMF hit number 1 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with “Unbelievable” from their Schubert Dip album.  They would also hit number 18 with “Lies” later that year,...

Wolfgang Van Halen on Twitter 0

Wolfgang Van Halen on Twitter

On July 4th, I was searching for Van Halen news and discovered the newly opened Wolfgang Van Halen Twitter account. I watched as the days went by and he constantly plugged away at responses...

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LeAnn Rimes Random Fact

Did you know that LeAnn Rimes was the youngest person to ever win a Grammy award? At 14 years old she won the best new artist and best female country vocal performance in 1997....