Monthly Archive: August 2014
Glasgow, Scotland-born singer/songwriter Ali Thomson hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart just once, with “Take A Little Rhythm.” On this date in 1980, “Take A Little Rhythm” hit its peak position of...
What do you get when you cross The Beatles, Cyprus Hill, House of Pain and Joan Jett? Here’s the mashup of week by DJ Faroff called Mashup Together.
Florida-based band Will To Power hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in late 1988 with “Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley” and returned to the Top 10 in 1991 with “I’m Not In...
Jacksonville, Florida-born singer Gary U.S. Bonds first hit Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in 1960, when “New Orleans” rose to number 6. Over the next two years, Bonds would score six more Top 40 hits, including...
Sheffield, England-based band The Human League have scored three Top 10 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with all of them coming in the 1980s. Two of those three — “Don’t You Want Me” and...
New York-based rock band Winger, who just released their latest album, Better Days Comin’, in April, scored three Top 40 hits between 1989 and 1991. The second of those hits, and the first to reach the...
Today marks one week since comedy legend Robin Williams passed away. Among Williams’ parts as he rose to fame in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he starred as Popeye in the 1980 live-action...
Montreal-born singer/songwriter Corey Hart hit Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart ten times between 1984 and 1990, with all but one of those singles, including the first seven, reaching the Top 40. Two of those singles...
The Who guitarist Pete Townshend has hit Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart four times as a solo artist, with all of those appearances coming in the 1980s. The most successful of those singles was his first...
Here is your mashup of the week. The big 1980s hit by Yes – Owner of a Lonely Heart mashed up with Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood by Santa Esmeralda. How do you like...