Monthly Archive: August 2019
Saturday morning cartoons are largely a phenomenon of the past, but from the 1960s to the 1990s, lots of U.S. kids spent Saturday mornings watching cartoons on the major television networks. Our new feature...
In 1985, Billy Joel released his Greatest Hits — Volume I & Volume II albums, which included two new songs. Both songs were released as singles, and on this date in 1985, the first of...
Four songs from Ariana Grande‘s 2014 album My Everything hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Exactly five years ago, the second of those four songs — “Break Free,” which also features Zedd —...
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Up from Below (2009) About the Artist Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros formed after the dissolution of rock band Ima Robot. Alex Ebert spent time in rehab...
Among his forty-eight appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, spanning two decades from 1956 to 1976, Johnny Cash‘s biggest hit was his lone Top 10 hit, “A Boy Named Sue.” Exactly 50 years ago, “A...
Pat Benatar hit the Top 40 with fourteen of the first fifteen songs she placed on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1980, the song that didn’t make the Top 40 — “You...
The band Sad Café made two appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1981, the second of that pair of songs, “La-Di-Da,” rose to a peak position of number 78. Today,...
The Pointer Sisters hit the Top 40 with two songs from their 1982 album So Excited! On this date that year, the first of those two songs, “American Music,” rose to a peak position of...
Boyz II Men have hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart five times, all between 1992 and 1997, spending a total of 50 weeks at the top of the chart. Exactly 25 years ago,...
David Bowie hit the Top 10 with two songs from his 1983 album Let’s Dance. On this date that year, the second of that pair of hits, “China Girl,” rose to a peak position of...