Monthly Archive: February 2018
New York-based group Twennynine made just one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1980, that song — “Peanut Butter” — climbed to a peak position of number 83. Today, “Peanut Butter”...
Trinidad-born singer Billy Ocean‘s 1986 album Love Zone produced four Top 20 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. The first of those hits was “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going,” which was also...
California-based band The Association is best known for their run of Top 10 hits from the 1960s that included “Windy,” “Cherish,” and “Never My Love.” The band did, though, make one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot...
Los Angeles-based group Portrait made two appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, both in the mid-1990s. The biggest hit of the two was their first charting song, “Here We Go Again!” which was also their only...
Ohio-born musician Roger hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart just once, though that one song became a Top 5 hit. Exactly 30 years ago, that hit — “I Want to Be Your...
London-born musician Adam Ant has made five appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with three of those songs reaching the Top 40. He is best known for his first hit, “Good Two Shoes,” which was...
U2 released the song “Lemon” off the 1993 album Zooropa. It was a minor pop hit but was played constantly on Modern Rock Radio raising up to #3. Now Pharrell Williams is back fronting N.E.R.D....
Two songs from John Cougar Mellencamp‘s 1983 album Uh-Huh reached the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1984, the second of those two songs, “Pink Houses,” climbed to a peak position...
French conductor Paul Mauriat made three appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, all in the late 1960s. Only the first of those hits reached the Top 40, and exactly 50 years ago, that single, an...
New York City-based duo Ashford & Simpson made six appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Among those six songs, the couple’s biggest hit was their only Top 20 hit, “Solid,” which on yesterday’s date in...