45 Years Ago - 1980 Steely Dan released their seventh album Gaucho. It won a Grammy for Best Engineered Recording Non-Classical. (no surprise as they are obsessed with perfectionism.) They did not release another studio album until 2000. "Hey Nineteen" (..That's 'Retha Franklin, She don't remember the queen of soul) peaked at #10, #11 AC, #68 R&B. "Time Out of Mind" made #22 and #13 AC.

45 Years Ago - 1980 Rod Stewart released his tenth album Foolish Behaviour. "Passion" peaked at #5 and #65 R&B. "Somebody Special" made #71. The video to another song on the album, "She Won't Dance With Me", was the third video to be played on MTV.

45 Years Ago - 1980 J ohn Lennon & Yoko Ono released their fifth album Double Fantasy. The album was released three weeks before his murder, which made the album a worldwide success. It won the Grammy for Album of the Year. "(Just Like) Starting Over" peaked at #1 and #17 AC. "Woman" made #2, and #4 AC. "Watching the Wheels" made #10 and #6 AC. If only we could forget the Yoko songs.

40 Years Ago - 1985 Arcadia released their only album So Red the Rose. This was a spin-off group from Duran Duran with Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, and Roger Taylor. "Election Day" peaked at #6 and #29 Club "Goodbye Is Forever" made #33.

40 Years Ago - 1985 Stevie Nicks released her third album Rock a Little . "Talk to Me" peaked at #4, #14 AC, #1 Mainstream Rock. "I Can't Wait" made #16, #26 Mainstream Rock, #26 Club. "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You?" made #60, #31 AC.

40 Years Ago - 1985 LL Cool J released his debut album Radio. "I Can't Live Without My Radio" made #15 R&B/Hip Hop "You'll Rock" made #59 R&B/Hip Hop. "Rock the Bells" made #17 R&B/Hip Hop and #35 Club. 30 Years Ago - 1995 LL Cool J released his sixth album Mr. Smith. "Hey Lover" featuring Boyz II Men peaked at #3 Hot 100 and R&B/Hip Hop, #1 Rap, #2 Rhythmic Airplay. "Doin' It" made #9, #7 R&B/Hip Hop, #2 Rap, #17 Rhythmic. "Loungin" made #3, #4 R&B/Hip Hop, #1 Rap, #4 Rhy

45 Years Ago - 1980 Neil Diamond released the Soundtrack to his movie The Jazz Singer. The film's reviews were negative, earning Diamond the first Razzie for Worst Actor at the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards, but made a modest profit at the box office. The soundtrack on the other hand was a smash. "Love on the Rocks" peaked at #2 and #3 AC. "Hello Again" made #6 and #3 AC. "America" made #8 and #1 AC.

It’s compilation album day for Madonna. 35 Years Ago - 1990 Madonna released her first greatest hits package The Immaculate Collection. Fifteen songs in chronological order. The two new songs. "Justify My Love" co-written with Lenny Kravitz and Ingrid Chavez. The video was banned by MTV. It became her ninth #1 and was #1 Club, #42 R&B/Hip Hop. "Rescue Me" made #9 and #6 Club. 30 Years Ago - 1995 Madonna released a compilation album Something to Remember. This is a collecti

40 Years Ago - 1985 Sade released their second album Promise. "The Sweetest Taboo" peaked at #5, #1 AC, #3 R&B "Is It a Crime?" made #32 AC and #55 R&B "Never as Good as the First Time" made #20, #6 AC, #8 R&B

35 Years Ago - 1990 The Mermaids Soundtrack was released. The movie starred Cher, Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci, and Bob Hoskins. Filled with pop songs from the 60s, it also included a remake of Betty Everett's "The Shopp Shopp Song (it's in His Kiss)" by Cher. It peaked at #33 and #7 AC.

40 Years Ago - 1985 Pat Benatar released her sixth album Seven the Hard Way. "Invincible" was Grammy-nominated and from the film The Legend of Billie Jean, that was not a hit. Benatar often commented at her concerts before performing the song that it "is from one of the worst movies ever made” to upset fans of the '80s film. It peaked at #10 and #4 Mainstream Rock. "Sex as a Weapon" made #28 and #5 Mainstream Rock. "Le Bel Age" made #54 and #19 Mainstream Rock.

40 Years Ago - 1985 Outfield released their debut album Play Deep. "Say It Isn't So" made #18 Mainstream Rock "Your Love" peaked at #6 Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock "All the Love" made #19 and #14 Mainstream Rock. "Everytime You Cry made #66 and #20 Mainstream Rock.

35 Years Ago - 1995 Melissa Etheridge released her fifth album Your Little Secret. "Your Little Secret" made #4 Mainsteam Rock, #29 Pop Airplay, #32 Alternative Airplay, #40 Adult Pop Airplay. "I Want to Come Over" peaked at #22, #5 Adult Alternative Airplay, #17 AC, #9 Adult Pop Airplay, #22 Mainstream Rock, #15 Pop Airplay. "Nowhere to Go" peaked at #40, #24 AC, #9 Adult Pop Airplay.

45 Years Ago - 1980 Bette Midler released her Divine Madness album featuring live performances from her concert film. "My Mother's Eyes" which did not appear in the film charter #39 and #8 AC.

45 Years Ago - 1980 Eagles released their first live two-lp set Eagles Live. The band was in the process of breaking up and this album fullfilled their contract, using performances from the Hotel California and The Long Run tours. "Seven Bridges Road" is a cover of a Steve Young 1969 song. It peaked at #21, #17 AC, and #55 Country.

45 Years Ago - 1980 The Alan Parsons Project released their fifth album The Turn of a Friendly Card. "Games People Play" peaked at #16. "Time" made #15 and #10 AC. "Snake Eyes" made #67 and #47 Mainstream Rock.

30 Years Ago - 1995 Coolio released his second album Gangsta's Paradise. "Gangsta's Paradise" originally on the Dangerous Minds soundtrack made #1, #2 R&B and Rhythmic, #17 Pop Airplay. It interpolates Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise" from 1976. It's one of the few Coolio tracks that did not contain any profanity, as Wonder did not appreciate his song being paired with it. Coolio said, "I had a few vulgarities... and he wasn't with that. So I changed it. Once he heard it, h

35 Years Ago - 1990 Whitney Houston released her third album I'm Your Baby Tonight. It holds up really well and is a great re-listen! Tapping into the New Jack Swing sound with producers L.A. Reid, Babyface, Luther Vandross, Narada Michael Walden, Ricky Minor and Stevie Wonder, it was a smash. "I'm Your Baby Tonight" became her eight #1, at the time tying with Madonna as the female artist with most #1s. It also made #1 R&B/Hip Hop, #7 AC, #17 Club. "All the Man That I Need

45 Years Ago - 1980 Dolly Parton released her twenty-third album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs. The album was produced by Mike Post. "9 to 5" was the theme song to the movie and was a #1 Smash on Hot 100, AC, and Country. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and at the Grammys, it was nominated for Song of the Year and won Best Country Song and Best Country Vocal Performance. Female. "But You Know I Love You" made #41, #14 AC, #1 Country. "The House of the Risi

40 Years Ago - 1985 Robert Palmer released his eighth album Riptide. Produced by Chic's Bernard Edwards  "Discipline of Love" made #82. "Addicted to Love" won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, and was a smash, including the iconic video. It peaked at #1 Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock, #36 Club. "Hyperactive" made #33 and #21 Mainstream Rock. "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" peaked at #2, #26 Club, and #41 Mainstream Rock.