Category: It Happened 50 Years Ago
Among Donna Fargo’s eight appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, her biggest hit was her lone Top 10 hit, “Funny Face.” Exactly 50 years ago, “Funny Face” dropped from its peak position of number...
Curtis Mayfield hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twice, with a pair of songs from the 1972 film Super Fly. Exactly 50 years ago, the second of those two songs, “Superfly” the...
Among her twenty-three appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, Carly Simon hit the Top 40 twelve times and the Top 10 five times. Among that run of success, Simon’s biggest hit was her lone...
Gilbert O’Sullivan hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart three times. Exactly 50 years ago, the second of those three hits, “Clair,” rose to a peak position of number 2.
Among Albert Hammond‘s nine appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, his lone Top 10 hit was “It Never Rains in Southern California.” Exactly 50 years ago, that song was in its second week at...
Billy Paul made four appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with two songs reaching the Top 40 and one hitting the Top 10. Exactly 50 years ago, that Top 10 hit, “Me and Mrs....
Helen Reddy hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart three times. Exactly 50 years ago, the first of those three songs, “I Am Woman,” rose to the top of the chart for one...
Seals & Crofts made twelve appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with eight of those songs hitting the Top 40 and three reaching the Top 10. All of those runs began with “Summer Breeze,”...
Among Lobo‘s sixteen appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, his biggest hit was “I’d Love You to Want Me,” which exactly 50 years ago climbed to a peak position of number 2.
Among their twenty-one appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, The Moody Blues‘ biggest hit was “Nights in White Satin,” which exactly 50 years ago was in its second week at a peak position of...
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