Monthly Archive: December 2017
R.E.M.‘s 1992 album Automatic for the People produced three Top 40 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. The biggest hit of the three was the album’s first hit, “Drive,” which exactly 25 years ago climbed to...
Once again commemorating the 30th anniversary of the release of the first A Very Special Christmas album, today’s Daily Eighties Flashback features Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s track from the album, performing a...
Continuing to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the release of the first A Very Special Christmas album, today’s Daily Eighties Flashback comes from U2, who contributed “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” to the compilation.
As we continue to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the release of the first A Very Special Christmas album, today’s Daily Eighties Flashback is Eurythmics‘ contribution to the album, “Winter Wonderland.”
South Carolina-born singer The Fantastic Johnny C made four appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, all between the fall of 1967 and the fall of 1968. His biggest hit of the quartet was his only...
Cheryl Lynn’s hit “Got To Be Real” is one of the most recognizable disco/funk bass grooves of all-time. The tune spent three weeks at #12 on the pop chart and hit number one on...
As mentioned yesterday, this year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the first A Very Special Christmas album. One of the new songs written for the album was “Christmas in Hollis” by Run-D.M.C.,...
Bruno Mars‘ 2012 album Unorthodox Jukebox produced five Top 40 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with the first three reaching the Top 5 and the first two hitting number one. Exactly five years ago, the...
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first A Very Special Christmas album, a compilation of high-profile popular music artists coming together to benefit Special Olympics. To commemorate that anniversary, the Daily Eighties Flashback will...
George Strait‘s 1985 album Something Special produced two Top 5 hits on Billboard‘s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. On this date that year, the first of those two hits, “The Chair,” climbed to the top...