MOTW – I Will Jump
DJ Cummerbund does it again this week with another smash hit out of the park. What happens when you take the biggest disco hit of the 1970s and mix it with the biggest pop...
Monthly Archive: May 2018
DEF: Alan Parsons Project “Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)”
Two songs from British group Alan Parson Project‘s 1985 album Vulture Culture made appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date that year, the second of those two songs, “Days Are Numbers (The Traveller),” climbed to...
DEF: Paul Davis “Do Right”
Four of Meridian, Mississippi-born musician Paul Davis’ eight Top 40 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart came in the 1980s. On this date in 1980, the first of those four hits, “Do Right,” rose to...
DEF: John O’Banion “Love You Like I Never Loved Before”
Kokomo, Indiana-born singer John O’Banion made just one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, though that one appearance turned into a Top 40 hit. On this date in 1981, that song — “Love You Like...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes”
To date, including featured appearances, Janet Jackson has made fifty appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with forty of those songs reaching the Top 40, thirty making the Top 10, and ten hitting number one....
DEF: The Police “Secret Journey”
Three songs from The Police‘s 1981 album Ghost in the Machine made appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. After “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” and “Spirits in the Material World” reached the Top 20,...
DEF: Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine “Anything for You”
Miami Sound Machine reached the Top 40 with all nine songs they placed on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, all of which charted between 1985 and 1988. Their biggest hit was their lone number one single,...
DEF: Julian Lennon “Now You’re in Heaven”
Julian Lennon has made six appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, all in the 1980s. On this date in 1989, the last of those six songs, “Now You’re in Heaven,” debuted at a peak position...
DEF: Laid Back “White Horse”
Copenhagen-based group Laid Back made just one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, though that one song reached the Top 40. On this date in 1984, that song — “White Horse” — climbed to a...
It’s Already Been Five Years: Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko “Stay”
Rihanna‘s 2012 album Unapologetic produced two Top 5 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. After “Diamonds” spent three weeks at number one in December 2012, exactly five years ago, “Stay,” which also featured Shreveport, Louisiana-born musician Mikky Ekko,...
