Monthly Archive: September 2018
Helena, Montana-born singer Nicolette Larson made four appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, all between 1978 and 1982. On this date in 1982, the last of those four songs, a remake of Dusty Springfield’s “I Only...
Arguably the king of the 1980s soundtrack hit, Kenny Loggins hit the Top 20 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 with five different songs from five different films during the decade. On this date in 1988, the...
All five songs from Michael Bolton‘s 1989 album Soul Provider that appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart reached the Top 40. On this date that year, the album’s first single, its title track, climbed to a...
One tune from Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass’ 1984 album Bullish made an appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date that year, the title track debuted at a peak position of number 90. Today,...
All five songs from Katy Perry‘s 2013 album Prism that appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart made the Top 40. Two of those songs reached number one, including the album’s first single, “Roar,” which exactly five...
British band Deep Purple made eight appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. The group’s biggest hits were their pair of Top 10 hits, both of which reached number 4. Exactly 50 years ago, the first...
St. Louis-born musician Michael McDonald‘s 1985 album No Lookin’ Back produced one song that made an appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date that year, the album’s title track climbed to a peak position...
The early 1980s collaboration between Yes vocalist Jon Anderson and Greek composer Vangelis produced two appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1980, the first of those two songs — “I Hear...
From the list of songs that you may have thought performed better on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart than it actually did comes the first of London-based band Squeeze‘s three appearances on the chart, “Tempted.” On...
All four songs from Mariah Carey‘s 1993 album Music Box that appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart reached the Top 20, with the first three songs making the Top 5 and the first two hitting number...