Monthly Archive: January 2016
New Jersey-based band Surface appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart six times, all between 1987 and 1991, with four of those singles reaching the Top 40. Exactly 25 years ago, Surface scored the biggest hit...
London-based band Foghat have hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart five times, all between 1976 and 1980. On this date in 1980, the last of those five Top 40 hits, “Third Time...
Phoenix-born singer Stevie Nicks has reached the Top 5 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart five times in her solo career (including duets) outside of Fleetwood Mac. Exactly 30 years ago, the last of those Top...
Janet Jackson‘s pop music career took off in the mid-1980s when her 1986 album Control garnered her the first six Top 20 hits of her career, with the first five of those hits reaching the...
Guess What? David Bowie hired Stevie Ray Vaughn as a studio musician before he hit it big. The famous blues guitarist was featured on the hit singles China Girl and Modern Love. The opening...
Sydney, Australia-based band Icehouse scored their two Top 40 hits with two consecutive singles from their 1987 album Man of Colours. On this date in 1988, the first of those two hits — “Crazy” —...
Among New York City-born rapper Waka Flocka Flame‘s seven appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, one song has reached the Top 40. That hit came in the late 2010 and early 2011 with “No Hands” from...
Louisiana-born singer Earl Nelson appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart a couple times in the early 1960s as half of Bob & Earl,though it took him going solo under the name Jackie Lee to reach...
Anyone who has followed the career of Indiana-born musician John Mellencamp knows that he has morphed through a couple of name changes throughout that career. He started as John Cougar, then went by John...
All four of Sheffield, England-based band Def Leppard‘s Top 10 hits came with four consecutive singles from their Hysteria album. On this date in 1989, the fourth of those hits, “Armageddon It,” climbed to a...