30 Years Ago - 1994 Meat Puppets released their eighth album Too High to Die. We played the crap out of "Backwater" at the time at...

30 Years Ago - 1994 Tori Amos released her second album Under the Pink. American singles were "Cornflake Girl" making #12 on the Modern...

40 Years Ago - 1984 The Pretenders released their third album Learning to Crawl. The title was given in honor of Chrissie Hynde's...

30 Years Ago - 1994 New Kids on the Block released their fifth album Face the Music. Two singles charted in America. "If You Go Away"...

50 Years Ago - 1974 Carly Simon released her fourth album Hotcakes. Two singles were released. The first with then husband James Taylor....

35 Years Ago - 1989 Britney Spears released her debut album ...Baby One More Time. It made Spears the fifth artist under the age of 18 to...

40 Years Ago - 1984 Van Halen released their sixth album MCMLXXXIV or 1984. This was the last album to feature the original members of...

50 Years Ago - 1974 Gordon Lightfoot released his ninth album Sundown. The only one of his albums to reach #1. The title track was a #1...

50 Years Ago - 1974 The Love Unlimited Orchestra released their debut album Rhapsody in White. Barry White composed all the songs, and...

45 Years Ago - 1979 Joe Jackson released his debut album Look Sharp! Written as a humorous commentary on women dating unattractive men....

50 Years Ago - 1974 Blue Magic released their self-titled debut album. Four singles were released. "Spell" peaked at #30 R&B. "Look Me...

50 Years Ago - 1974 Tavares released their album Madam Butterfly. Two singles were released. "Never Had a Love Like This Before" was a #5...

45 Years Ago - 1979 Anne Murray released her thirteenth album New Kind of Feeling. It was another crossover album for her hitting #2 on...

40 Years Ago - 1984 General Public released their debut album All the Rage. "Tenderness" was the first single peaking at #27, #15 Club,...

Happy New Year! New Year, New Anniversary Years. 1974, 79, 84, 89, 94, 99 etc. My stats these years: 1974 I was in Homer NY until June...

2023 was a great year for country crossovers. According to Billboard Magazine: #1 on the Hot 100 (for 16 non-consecutive weeks) & Hot...

My #1 song of the year, "Padam Padam by Kylie Minogue was the summer banger. I don't care that America ignored the track, it was the...

My #2 song of the year is "bad idea right?" from Olivia Rodrigo. The follow-up to "Vampire" steeped in '90s pop rock energy (according to...

My #3 song of the year is "Dance the Night" by Dua Lipa from the Barbie Soundtrack. It is nominated for Song of the Year and Best Song...

My #4 song of the year is "Praising You" by Rita Ora and produced by Fatboy Slim. It's a re-work of his 1998 "Praise You." The music...