Today in Music History - 1979: The instrumental "Rise" by Herb Alpert goes to #1 in America, thanks to its use on the soap opera General Hospital. According to Billboard's Fred Bronson, "British club DJs failed to notice the imported American 12-inch pressings were recorded at 33 rpm, and played 'Rise' at the wrong speed, making it sound much faster than even Randy had intended. As the song was instrumental, there were no clues to suggest they were wrong and 'Rise' became a U

Tuesday 10/20/26 Celebrate: Community Media Day Disabled Women's Equal Pay Day Information Overload Awareness Day International Chefs Day Miss American Rose Day National Branded Fruit Day National Chicken and Waffles Day National Day on Writing National Mozzarella Stick Day National Pharmacy Technician Day Warmth Day National Suspenders Day National Youth Confidence Day Office Chocolate Day International Day of the Air Traffic Controller World Calvados Day - French apple bran

Today in Music History - 2014: Raphael Ravenscroft, who played the famous saxophone solo on "Baker Street," died at age 60.(Now there's trivia that might come in handy someday)

Monday 10/19/26 Celebrate: Dress Like a Dork Day Elevate Your Life Day International Adjust Your Chair Day International Gin and Tonic Day LGBT Center Awareness Day Multicultural Diversity Day National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day National Seafood Bisque Day New Friends Day Rainforest Day World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day -- The Weekend Box Office 1. Street Fighter $31.0M 2. You Can See Everything $15.0M 3. Other Mommy $8.4M 4. Whalefall $8.0M 5. Sense and Sensibility $7.3

http://House-Mixes.com Some new mixes, some to make you dance hard, and a surprise! Enjoy! House-Mixes.com Podomatic (for a bit)

Today in Music History - 1998: "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies hits #1 in the US, where it stays for...well....one week.

Saturday 10/17/26 Celebrate: Saturday Black Poetry Day Bridge Day Edge Day Forgive an Ex Day Four Prunes Day I Love Yarn Day International Independent Video Store Day International Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day International Repair Day International Sloth Day Mulligan Day National Fetch Day National Pasta Day National Playing Card Collection Day Pay Back a Friend Day Spreadsheet Day Sweetest Day Wear Something Gaudy Day World Trauma Day Sunday International Legging Day Nat

Today in Music History - 1976: Disc jockey Rick Dees (and his cast of idiots) hit #1 with "Disco Duck," a goofy number that envisions Donald Duck enjoying the spoils of the disco era. It is the last novelty song to top the Hot 100. (This just goes to show why DJs should just stay behind the microphone)

Friday 10/16/26 Celebrate: Global Cat Day National Boss Day National Cut Up Your Credit Card Day National Department Store Day National Dictionary Day National Learn a Word Day National Liqueur Day National Mammography Day National Sports Day Steve Jobs Day World Bread Day World Food Day World Spine Day World Student Day – National Dictionary Day Observed on the birthday of Noah Webster (1758), the father of the American dictionary. Webster published his iconic An American Di

Today in Music History - 1977: Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" hits #1 for the first of 10 weeks, the longest consecutive chart run in the history of the Hot 100 at the time. It also became the song of the decade! Since this song is trash, and I'm not going to be mean to you. Here's another song with Light in the title!

Thursday 10/15/26 Celebrate: I Love Lucy Day Breast Health Day Conflict Resolution Day Get to Know Your Customers Day Global Handwashing Day International Credit Union Day International Day of Rural Women International ShakeOut Day My Mom is a Student Day National Aesthetician Day National Cheese Curd Day National Chicken Cacciatore Day National Get Smart About Credit Day National Grouch Day National Lemon Bar Day National Mushroom Day National Pug Day National Real Sugar Day

Happy Birthday!!! 1978: Usher is born, Usher Raymond IV, in Dallas, Texas. He relocates to Atlanta and puts out his first album when he's 15. He rules the charts in the '00s with seven #1 hits, including the club banger "Yeah!" I saw him open for Janet Jackson's Velvet Rope tour in Rochester. No idea who he was, and I remember saying, " He's pretty good!." Little did we know at the time.

Wednesday 10/14/26 Celebrate: Be Bald and Be Free Day Emergency Nurses Day International Top Spinning Day National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work and School Day National Chocolate Covered Insect Day National Curves Day National Dessert Day National Fossil Day National FRUMP Day (Frugal, Responsible, Unpretentious, Mature Persons) national lowercase day National Pet Obesity Awareness Day National Stop Bullying Day National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day Stop America's Violence

Tuesday 10/13/26 Celebrate: English Language Day Good Samaritan Day International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction International Day for Failure International Face Your Fears Day International Plain Language Day International Suit Up Day Breast Cancer Awareness Day National M&M Day National No Bra Day National Train Your Brain Day National Yorkshire Pudding Day Own Business Day Silly Sayings Day US Navy's Birthday Treat Yo' Self Day – In 2026, singles are getting creative. Yo

Today in Music History - 2022: Following years as a featured vocalist for the likes of Jonas Blue, Jax Jones, and David Guetta, Raye releases her breakthrough single, "Escapism," a song about "running away from reality as fast as you possibly can." Months later, it's included on her debut album, My 21st Century Blues.

Monday 10/12/26 Celebrate: Indigenous Peoples' Day - Native American Day Canadian Thanksgiving Freethought Day International Moment of Frustration Scream Day National Farmer's Day National Gumbo Day National Kick-Butt Day National Online Banking Day National Savings Day Pulled Pork Day World Arthritis Day Cookbook Launch Day The earliest surviving written culinary records are cuneiform clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia (Babylon), dating back to around 1750 BCE. The First

Happy Birthday to John Lennon AND Sean Lennon. Sean was born on his father's 35th Birthday in 1975. (Mom was Yoko.) Here's John's 1974 song that went #1, his only one while he was alive. If you pay attention, that's Elton John doing harmony and piano. While in the studio, Elton bet Lennon that the song would top the charts, and such was Lennon's skepticism that Elton secured from him a promise to appear on stage at one of his performances, should the record indeed hit #1. Whe

Friday 10/9/26 Celebrate: Curious Events Day Fire Prevention Day International Beer and Pizza Day Leif Erikson Day National Haunted House Day National Moldy Cheese Day National Pro-Life Cupcake Day National Sneakers Day Nautilus Night Scrubs Day Submarine-Hoagie-Hero-Grinder Day Vet Nurse Day World Egg Day World Post Day Saturday Hug a Drummer Day International African Penguin Awareness Day International Newspaper Carrier Day International Pinotage Day International Stage Man

Today in Music History - 1980: Prince releases his third album, Dirty Mind. The title hints at the lascivious songs within, including "Head" and "Sister." The biggest hit from the set is the modest "Uptown," which goes to #5 on the R&B chart.

Thursday 10/8/26 Celebrate: American Touch Tag Day International Lesbian Day International Off-Road Day National Depression Screening Day National Fluffernutter Day National Hero Day National Pierogi Day National Salmon Day Ombuds Day World Octopus Day World Sight Day -- 20-year-old musician is set to become the first student to graduate with a minor in mariachi from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, one of the only universities in the country to offer such a niche speciali