Monthly Archive: May 2018
Three songs from Stevie Nicks‘ 1985 album Rock a Little made appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1986, the third of that trio of songs, “Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You,”...
REO Speedwagon‘s 1980 album Hi Infidelity produced the first four of the band’s thirteen Top 40 hits. On this date in 1981, the second of those four hits, “Take It on the Run,” climbed to...
In 1993, George Michael and Queen put out a five-song EP called Five Live that included a quintet of live performances, with Lisa Stansfield also featured on one of the songs. The album spawned one...
Los Angeles-based band Shalamar‘s 1982 album Friends produced one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date that year, that song — “A Night to Remember” — climbed to a peak position of number 44....
George Michael‘s 1987 album Faith produced four number one hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Exactly 30 years ago, the third of those chart-topping songs, “One More Try,” climbed to number one for a three-week reign....
All three appearances Detroit-based band Was (Not Was) made on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart came from songs from their 1988 album What Up, Dog? On this date in 1989, the last of those three songs, “Anything...
Bristol, England-born musician Nik Kershaw made just one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. That one appearance came with “Wouldn’t It Be Good,” which on this date in 1984 climbed to a peak position of...
To date, Selena Gomez has hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart seven times as a lead or featured artist. Her first Top 10 hit came with her first solo hit, “Come &...
Irish-Canadian band The Irish Rovers made four appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. The biggest hit of the quartet was their first charting song, “The Unicorn,” which exactly 50 years ago climbed to a peak...
The mashup of the week (MOTW) is courtesy of Masada who wanted to mix Neil Cicierega’s “Wow Wow” with something, but couldn’t decide so decided to not decide. The artist mixed Neil Cicierega with...