DEF: Gwen Guthrie “Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ on but the Rent”
Newark, New Jersey-born musician Gwen Guthrie made just one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1986, that song — “Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ on but the Rent” — climbed to a peak position of number 42. Today, “Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ on but the Rent” by Gwen Guthrie is the Daily Eighties Flashback.