Best Samples: I’m Coming Out
Diana Ross released the tune “I’m Coming Out” in 1980 and it climbed to #5 during the last days of disco. Seventeen years later, The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase released “Mo...
Daily Archive: December 16, 2017
It Happened 50 Years Ago: Gladys Knight & The Pips “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
In mid-December of 1968, Marvin Gaye would score the biggest hit of his career when “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” climbed to number one for a seven-week reign atop Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Gaye’s...
DEF: Eric Clapton “Pretending”
Two songs from Eric Clapton‘s 1989 album Journeyman made appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date that year, the first of those two songs — “Pretending” — climbed to a peak position of number 55. Today,...
