Monthly Archive: August 2016
Among New York City-born musician Lenny Kravitz‘s seventeen appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, spanning nearly two decades, his biggest hit is the first of his two Top 10 hits, “It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s...
British musician Belouis Some made two appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with two consecutive singles in 1985. The bigger of the two hits was the second song, “Some People,” which on this date that...
Canton, Ohio-born musician Boz Scaggs‘ 1980 album Middle Man produced two Top 20 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date that year, the second of those two hits, “JoJo,” climbed to a peak position...
British musician Robbie Patton hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart just once, with one of two songs he placed on the chart. Exactly 35 years ago, that Top 40 hit — “Don’t...
The other day I was thinking, how did I actually start my professional DJ career? In summer of 1992, I went to a meeting that changed my life forever. I had just met my...
Atlanta-born musician Jerry Reed’s appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart spanned two decades. He first hit the chart with a couple of singles in 1962. Then, after nearly a decade off the chart, Reed made...
To date, Mobile, Alabama-based country group The Band Perry has crossed over to Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart eight times, with three of those singles reaching the Top 40 and one hitting the Top 20. That...
In 1966, New York-born novelty musician Jerry Samuels, recording under the name Napoleon XIV, flew up Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with his song “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” After debuting at number 50, it...
New York City-based trio Run-D.M.C. reached Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart four times in the 1980s, most successfully with their Top 10 hit “Walk This Way.” The group scored the last of their four charting singles...
While New York City-born singer Stephanie Mills’ biggest hit on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, her 1980 single “Never Knew Love Like This Before,” reached number 6, she hit number one on the R&B chart five times,...