MOTW: Shape of Now
What do you get when you mix Ed Sheeran, The Chainsmokers, Coldplay, The Weeknd, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Kygo, Selena Gomez, Clean Bandit and Bruno Mars together? You get the mashup of the week –...
Monthly Archive: June 2017
It’s Already Been Five Years: Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe”
To date, British Columbia-born singer Carly Rae Jepsen has made five appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with two of those songs reaching the Top 10. Jepsen’s biggest and most well-known hit is her first...
DEF: Joe Jackson “You Can’t Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)”
Staffordshire, England-born musician Joe Jackson has hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart four times, all between 1979 and 1984. On this date in 1984, the last of those hits — “You Can’t...
DEF: Graham Parker & The Shot “Wake Up (Next to You)”
Of British musician Graham Parker‘s three appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, one reached the Top 40. On this date in 1985, that song, “Wake Up (Next to You),” which was recorded with his band...
DEF: Tommy Tutone “Angel Say No”
California-based band Tommy Tutone hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with both songs they placed on the chart. They are more remembered for their Top 5 hit from 1982, “867-5309/Jenny,” but a...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Mariah Carey “I’ll Be There”
During her appearance on MTV’s Unplugged in 1992, pop music superstar Mariah Carey performed a version of The Jackson 5’s “I’ll Be There” that also featured South Carolina-born singer Trey Lorenz on accompanying vocals. The...
DEF: Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam “Head to Toe”
New York City-based band Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam’s two biggest hits are their pair of number one singles from 1987, each of which topped Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart for one week. Exactly 30 years...
DEF: Greg Kihn Band “Happy Man”
Baltimore-born musician Greg Kihn and his band hit the Top 20 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 twice, with a couple of singles in the early 1980s — “The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)” and “Jeopardy.”...
Title Title: What’s Your Favorite Hook Song?
In the last Title Title battle, Billy Joel beat Bruno Mars. We have a new Title Title battle with songs that have Hook in the title; it’s between Murphy Lee and Blues Traveler. The...
DEF: Rick Springfield “Affair of the Heart”
Australian musician and actor Rick Springfield‘s 1983 album Living in Oz produced three Top 40 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date that year, the first of those three singles, “Affair of the Heart,”...
