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1981 - Kim Wilde - Kim Wilde
45 Years Ago - 1981 Kim Wilde released her self-titled debut album. "Kids in America" peaked at #25 and #29 Mainstream Rock. "Water on Glass" charted #52 Mainstream Rock.
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4 hours ago1 min read


1996 - Secrets - Toni Braxton
30 Years Ago - 1996 Toni Braxton released her second album Secrets. It was a worldwide smash! "You're Makin' Me High" peaked at #1 Hot 100, Club, and R&B. It also made #6 Pop Airplay, #2 Rhythmic Airplay and #28 Adult Pop Airplay. "Un-Break My Heart" won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and sold like hotcakes making it one of the best selling singles of all time. It was an 11 week #1. #1 also at AC, Club (even though it's about heartbreak, it's a killer danc
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1 day ago1 min read


1996 - Odelay - Beck
30 Years Ago - 1996 Beck released his fifth album Odelay. The album won a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album "Where It's At" won Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the Grammys and charted #61 and #5 Alternative Airplay. "Devils Haircut" made #94 and #23 Alternative Airplay. "The New Pollution" made #78 and #9 Alternative Airplay. "Jack-Ass" made #73 and #15 Alternative Airplay.
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2 days ago1 min read


6/18/26 - Juneteenth, Clean Your Stuff, and Summer Weekend Time with New Movies
Friday 6/18/26 Celebrate: Juneteenth - Although Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation went into effect on January 1, 1863, it was not until after the war was over that slaves became free in Texas, possibly because the Proclamation could not be enforced there, or because news of the Proclamation had not been spread there. The war ended in April of 1865, but word did not reach Texas until the following month, and it was not until June that the Confederate Army in the area
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2 days ago3 min read


1991 - Love Hurts - Cher
35 Years Ago - 1991 Cher released her twentieth album Love Hurts. "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" was released from the Mermaids soundtrack in late 1990, peaking at #33 and #7 AC. Other American singles were, "Love and Understanding" peaked at #17 and #3 AC. "Save Up All Your Tears" charted #37 and #16 AC.
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3 days ago1 min read


6/18/26 - Albums, Perfect Burger, and Monster Wolves!
Thursday 6/18/26 Celebrate: Autistic Pride Day Go Fishing Day International Panic Day International Picnic Day International Sushi Day National Career Nursing Assistants' Day National Cheesemakers Day National Dump the Pump Day National Splurge Day National Wanna Get Away Day Recess at Work Day World Tapas Day -- 1948 – Columbia Records began the widespread manufacturing of the 33-RPM long-playing record. This revolutionary new format offered up to 23 minutes of music per sid
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3 days ago3 min read


1991 - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge - Van Halen
35 Years Ago - 1991 Van Halen released their ninth album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. The third to feature Sammy Hagar as lead vocalist. "Poundcake" peaked at #1 Mainstream Rock. "Top of the World" made #27 and #1 Mainstream Rock. "Right Now" made #55, #66 Radio Songs, #2 Mainstream Rock.
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4 days ago1 min read


6//17/26 - Veggies, Turn-Off Clothing, and Cake Picnics!
Wednesday 6/17/26 Celebrate: Global Garbage Man Day Islamic New Year National Apple Strudel Day World Crocodile Day World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought – Today is National Eat Your Vegetables Day According to data from the USDA Economic Research Service, Americans consume far more potatoes and tomatoes than any other vegetable. 1. Potato - 49 lbs per capita consumption a year! 2. Tomato - 31 lbs. (tomatoes are botanically fruits, however, legally and culinarially,
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4 days ago3 min read


1981 - Breakin' Away - Al Jearreau
45 Years Ago - 1981 Al Jarreau released his fifth album Breakin' Away. It won Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male at the Grammys, plus picked up Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male for "(Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo a la Turk." "We're in This Love Together" peaked at #15, #6 AC and R&B. "Breakin' Away" made #43, #30 AC, #25 R&B. "Teach Me Tonight" made #70, #19 AC, #25 R&B.
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5 days ago1 min read


6/16/26 - Orange, Bye Bye Grammar Rule, and We Watch A Lot Of Star Wars
Tuesday 6/16/26 Celebrate: Fresh Veggies Day National Cannoli Day National Cherry Tart Day National Fudge Day National Tortilla Day National Vinegar Day No Orange Clothes Day Wish Fulfillment Day World Refill Day World Sea Turtle Day -- Anne Schedeen, the actress who starred as matriarch Kate Tanner on NBC's 'ALF' (1986-'90), has died. She was 77. Schedeen made her onscreen debut in a 1974 episode of The Six Million Dollar Man, going on to appear in episodes of McCloud, The
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5 days ago3 min read


1996 - Dreamland - Robert Miles
30 Years Ago - 1996 Robert Miles released his debut album Dreamland. America saw it a month later with a new track "One and One" "Children" is an epic instrumental and is one of the best dance songs ever! It peaked at #21, #23 AC, #17 Pop Airplay, #32 Rhythmic, and #1 Club! "Fable" made #1 Club. "One and One" charted #54, #40 Rhythmic, #1 Club.
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6 days ago1 min read


6/15/26 - Lava in Your Mouth, Couch in the Road, and Get Kids Reading This Summer!
Monday 6/15/26 Celebrate: Fly a Kite Day Global Wind Day Justice for Janitors Day Magna Carta Day National Electricity Day National Kiss a Wookiee Day National Lobster Day National Megalodon Day National Smile Power Day Native American Citizenship Day Nature Photography Day Own Your Share of America Day Ride To Work Day Worldwide Day of Giving -- Weekend Box Office 1. Disclosure Day $44.0M 2. Obsession $19.0M - continues to do unprecedented business with $19 million in its fi
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1991 - Unforgettable...with Love - Natalie Cole
35 Years Ago - 1991 Natalie Cole released her twelfth album Unforgettable...with Love. The album includes covers of standards previously performed by her father Nat King Cole. It won the 1992 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Engineered – Non-Classical "Unforgettable" is a virtual duet with her father, peaking at #14, #3 AC, #10 R&B. It won Grammys for Record of the Year, Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, and Arrangement Accompanying Vocals. "The Very Thought of Y
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7 days ago1 min read


6/12/26 - Birds, Puns, and The 60s!
Friday 6/12/26 Crowded Nest Awareness Day Ghost in the Machine Day International Cachaca Day - Cachaça is a distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice, and it is the most popular alcoholic beverage in Brazil. International Falafel Day Little League Girls Baseball Day Loving Day Magic Day National Automotive Service Professionals Day National Jerky Day National Marriage Day National Peanut Butter Cookie Day - don't forget the criss/crossed fork marks Red Rose Day Su
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Jun 123 min read


1986 - The Thin Red Line - Glass Tiger
40 Years Ago - 1986 Glass Tiger released their debut album The Thin Red Line. "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" with Bryan Adams on backing vocals. Peaked at #2, #30 AC, #17 Mainstream Rock. "Someday" made #7 and #4 AC. "I Will Be There" charted #34 and #21 Mainstream Rock.
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Jun 111 min read


6/22/26 - Pizza, Bad Driving, and Job Hugging
Thursday 6/11/26 Celebrate: Corn on the Cob Day Cousteau Day King Kamehameha Day National German Chocolate Cake Day National Making Life Beautiful Day Pizza Margherita Day -- Pizza check in!!!! According to a 2026 survey: • Pizza is a $45 billion industry in the U.S. with 3 billion pizzas sold per year. • 93 percent of Americans eat at least one pizza per month. • Friday night is the biggest night of the week for eating pizza. • 36 percent of all pizza orders get pepperoni on
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Jun 112 min read


1991 - Superstition - Siouxsie and the Banshees
35 Years Ago - 1991 Siouxsie and the Banshees released their tenth album Superstition. "Kiss Them for Me" was their first top 40 hit in the US. It peaked at #23, #1 Alternative Airplay, #8 Club. "Shadowtime" charter #13 Mainstream Rock. "Fear (of the Unknown)" made #12 Mainstream Rock and #6 Club.
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Jun 101 min read


6/10/26 - Celebrating Lots, Unit Price Shopping, and Find The Beaver!
Wednesday 6/10/26 Alcoholics Anonymous Founders' Day National Frosted Cookie Day National Herb and Spice Day National Iced Tea Day Ball Point Pen Day A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro, ball pen, or dot pen, is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a hard ball at its point, i.e., over a "ball point". Biro comes from the name of the guy who invented it, Laszlo Biro, a Hungarian newspaper editor who was frustrated in the time he was wasting filling up founta
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Jun 102 min read


1981 - In the Pocket - Commodores
45 Years Ago - 1981 Commodores released their ninth album In the Pocket. This was the last to feature Lionel Richie as he went off to a solo career. "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" charted #8, #13 AC, #5 R&B. "Oh No" peaked at #4, #5 AC and R&B. It was also featured in the 1982 movie The Last American Virgin. "Why You Wanna Try Me" made #66 and #42 R&B.
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Jun 91 min read


6/9/26 - Micro Desk Gardens, Tony Results, and Baby Food
Tuesday 6/9/26 Celebrate: Call Your Doctor Day Donald Duck Day International Dark 'n Stormy Day National Earl Day National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day World Pet Memorial Day Writers' Rights Day -- Pink proved she was the right choice to host Sunday's Tony Awards this year! Just watch this! Best Play - Liberation Best Musical (and a bunch of other awards) - Schmigadoon! Best Revival of a Play - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman Best Revival of a Musical - Ragtime https://yout
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Jun 92 min read

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