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1991 - Into the Light - Gloria Estefan
35 Years Ago - 1991 Gloria Estefan released her second solo album Into the Light. This is the album that came out after her near-tragic bus accident. "Coming Out of the Dark" peaked at #1 Hot 100 and AC, #60 R&B, #4 Latin "Seal Our Fate" made #53 "Can't Forget You" made #42 and #2 AC "Live for Loving You" made #22 and #2 AC
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1 hour ago1 min read


1/27/26 - Hamsters, Cake, and Things You Used To Do That You Don't Today
Tuesday 1/27/26 Celebrate: International Port Wine Day National Chocolate Cake Day National Geographic Day National Plan for Vacation Day Punch the Clock Day Speak Up and Succeed Day Thomas Crapper Day - Thomas Crapper did not invent the toilet, but he did help perfect and popularize it. Vietnam Peace Day World Breast Pumping Day -- The flight landed safely, but chaos stayed behind. More than 130 hamsters escaped inside a TAP Air Portugal plane and turned the cargo hold into
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1 hour ago2 min read


1991 - All True Man - Alexander O'Neal
35 Years Ago - 1991 Alexander O'Neal released his fourth album All True Man. "All True Man" made #43 and #5 R&B "What Is This Thing Called Love?" made #21 R&B, #10 Club "Shame on Me" made #30 R&B "The Yoke (G.U.O.T.R.)" made #73 R&B "Every Time I Get Up" made #56 R&B "Sentimental" made #31 R&B
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1 day ago1 min read


1/27/26 - Razzies, Clean Out Your Car, and What's Your House Temp?
Monday 1/27/26 Celebrate: Better Business Communication Day Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day Community Manager Appreciation Day Dental Drill Appreciation Day International Customs Day Lotus 1-2-3 Day National Green Juice Day National Peanut Brittle Day Spouse's Day Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement -- The Super Bowl is set! Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots will play on February 8th. It's a repeat of 2015!! Seattle is hoping not, as the Patriots won that 28-24. -- Week
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1 day ago3 min read


1991 - Mo'Ritmo - Gerardo
35 Years Ago - 1991 Gerardo released his first album Mo'Ritmo. "Rico Suave" was the sole hit produced by Michael Sembello. It peaked at #7 and #2 Rap.
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3 days ago1 min read


1/24/26 - Winter Weekend, and We Never Delete Anything
Saturday 1/24/26 Sunday 1/25/26 Celebrate: Saturday Beer Can Appreciation Day Global Belly Laugh Day Local Quilt Store Day Macintosh Computer Day National Just Do It Day National Compliment Day National Edy's Pie Patent Day National Lobster Thermidor Day National Peanut Butter Day Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day Sunday A Room of One's Own Day Burns Supper Child Labor Day Fluoride Day National Fish Taco Day National Irish Coffee Day National Opposite Day National Sanctity
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3 days ago1 min read


Dance Mix - 2026 - WTF #1 90s-2000s
Maybe some tribal house? Whatever it is, it's great 90s/2000s dance! 2 of the songs were stuck in my head due to the sample in the new David Guetta dance mix of Gone Gone Gone. Listen to it here at House-Mixes.com
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4 days ago1 min read


1996 - Boys for Pele - Tori Amos
30 Years Ago - 1996 Tori Amos released her third album Boys for Pele. The biggest album of her career and self-produced. "Caught a Lite Sneeze" made #60, #3 Adult Alternative Airplay, #13 Alternative Airplay. "Talula" bubbled under at #19, and #49 Dance Singles Sales (with a BT remix) "Professional Widow" bubbled under the Hot 100 at #8, but a remix from Armand van Helden (a completely reworked song) went #1 Club. "In the Springtime of His Voodoo" made #6 Club. Here's the da
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4 days ago1 min read


1/23/26 - One Leg, Oscar Fallout, and First Woman Doctor
Friday 1/23/26 Celebrate: International Sticky Toffee Pudding Day Measure Your Feet Day National Activity Professionals Day National Handwriting Day - the birthday of John Hancock who was a tad showy on the Declaration of Independence. National Pie Day - actual pie. National Rhubarb Pie Day Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day -- Since it's Friday, your "out of office" mental state will officially activate at 2:14 PM. You will spend the rest of the day looking at a spreadsheet while a
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4 days ago3 min read


2001 - J. Lo - Jennifer Lopez
25 Years Ago - 2001 Jennifer Lopez released her second album J.Lo "Love Don't Cost a Thing" made #3, #9 Club, #40 R&B/Hip Hop, #1 Pop Airplay, #3 Rhythmic Airplay. "Play" made #18, #2 Club, #6 Pop Airplay, #14 Rhythmic. "Ain't It Funny" "I'm Real" peaked at #1 Hot 100, Pop Airplay, & Rhythmic Airplay, #6 Club, #2 R&B/Hip Hop
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5 days ago1 min read


1/22/26 - Vote For CMOG, Exploding Trees, and Academy Awards
Thursday 1/22/26 Celebrate: Answer Your Cat's Questions Day Celebration of Life Day Clashing Clothes Day Come in From the Cold Day Dance of the Seven Veils Day National Blonde Brownie Day National Hot Sauce Day National Polka Dot Day National Southern Food Day Roe Vs. Wade Day Women's Healthy Weight Day -- Captain America, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four are uniting for one common cause: cookies. Mondelēz and Disney have partnered to release Marvel Oreo Stuf of Legends Coo
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5 days ago5 min read


1991 - The Soul Cages - Sting
35 Years Ago - 1991 Sting released his third album The Soul Cages. The album is a concept album focused on the death of his father. "All This Time" peaked at #5, #9 AC, #1 Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock. "The Soul Cages" made #7 Mainstream Rock and won a Best Rock Song Grammy Award. "Why Should I Cry For You" made #32 Mainstream Rock
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6 days ago1 min read


1/21/26 - Chief Intensity Officer and What’s a small social rule you refuse to follow?
Wednesday 1/21/26 Celebrate: International Playdate Day International Sweatpants Day Museum Selfie Day National Granola Bar Day National Hugging Day National Hyaluronic Acid Day National New England Clam Chowder Day One-Liners Day Own Your Own Home Day Squirrel Appreciation Day - Squirrels accidentally plant thousands of new trees each year simply by forgetting where they buried their acorns! (the black walnuts in my area won’t grow..they are on my porch under the rug..idiots
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6 days ago2 min read


12/30/25 - My #1 Song of the Year
"Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga is my #1 song of the year. It was a constant late Spring and all summer long. Makes you move and sing along! (The Floor's on Fire!!!!) It came from the repeat listenable album Mayhem. It has nominations for the upcoming 68th Annual Grammy Awards, including Record and Song of the Year. Siouxsie and the Banshees members Susan Janet Ballion, Peter Edward Clarke, Steven Severin, and John McGeoch received songwriting credits, as it incorporates element
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7 days ago1 min read


1991 - #1 Dance Song - Justify My Love - Madonna
1991 The #1 Dance Song today was "Justify My Love" by Madonna. It was from her greatest hits album The Immaculate Collection. Written by Lenny Kravitz and Ingrid Chavez. Only spurred on by a ban at MTV it was a smash! For a different take on the song, enjoy the William Orbit Remix.
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Jan 201 min read


1/20/26 - Stay On The Moon, Animated Movies, and Cheese!
Tuesday 1/20/26 Celebrate: Camcorder Day International Day of Acceptance National Buttercrunch Day National Cheese Lovers Day National Coffee Break Day National Disc Jockey Day Penguin Awareness Day Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day Take a Walk Outdoors Day - No Thank You!!!! I’ll do it in July! -- You Can Now Put Down a Deposit to Stay at a Hotel on the Moon. A startup called Galactic Resource Utilization Space (GRU Space) is now accepting $250,000 deposits from pe
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Jan 203 min read


1981 - Take My Time - Sheena Easton
45 Years Ago - 1981 Sheena Easton released her debut album Take My Time. The US version ( Sheena Easton ) came out two months later. Only two of her singles were on the US album "Morning Train (9 to 5)" peaked at #1 Hot 100 and AC. "Modern Girl" made #18 and #13 AC. "When He Shines" was not on the debut US version but was included in her second album and made #30 and #13 AC.
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Jan 191 min read


1/19/26 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Radical Simplicity, Tin Cans
Monday 1/19/26 Celebrate: Artist as Outlaw Day Blue Monday Brew a Potion Day Elementary School Teacher Day Good Memory Day Gun Appreciation Day National Day of Service National Popcorn Day New Friends Day Tenderness Toward Existence Day Tin Can Day World Quark Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - a Baptist minister and the founding president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1957 until his assassination in 1968. In that role, he became the leading public strat
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Jan 192 min read


1996 - #1 Dance Song - "Got Myself Together" - The Bucketheads.
30 Years Ago - 1996 The #1 Dance song on this day was "Got Myself Together" by The Bucketheads. The follow-up to "The Bomb" (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)."
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Jan 181 min read


Dance Mix - 2026 - Let's Dance #1
First of the year. What's on the charts, some big ones already! Where will this year go? Listen at House-Mixes.com here.
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Jan 171 min read

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