1988 - Wild Wild West - The Escape Club
35 Years Ago - 1988 The Escape Club released their seconddebut album Wild Wild West. The title track was the first single and was a #1...
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Jul 12, 20231 min read
1978 - Nightwatch - Kenny Loggins
45 Years Ago - 1978 Kenny Loggins released his second album Nightwatch. Jazz artist Bob James produced the album. "Whenever I Call You...
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Jul 11, 20231 min read
1983 - The Look - Shalamar
40 Years Ago - 1983 Shalamar released their seventh album The Look. This is the last Shalamar album to feature the classic line-up of...
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Jul 10, 20231 min read
1973 - Countdown to Ecstasy - Steely Dan
50 Years Ago - 1973 Steely Dan released their second album Countdown to Ecstasy. Two singles were released but never made the Top 40....
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Jul 9, 20231 min read
1998 - The Boy is Mine - Monica
25 Years Ago - 1998 Monica released her second album The Boy is Mine. The first single was the title track and a duet with Brandy. It was...
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Jul 8, 20231 min read
1973 - Barry Manilow (1) - Barry Manilow
50 Years Ago - 1973 Barry Manilow released his self-titled debut album. (Renamed Barry Manilow 1 in 1975.) The album failed to catch on...
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Jul 7, 20231 min read
1978 - Nightflight to Venus - Boney M
45 Years Ago - 1978 Boney M released their third album Nightflight to Venus. Boney M was the creation of Frank Farian who would create...
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Jul 6, 20231 min read
1993 - Debut - Björk
30 Years Ago - 1993 Björk released her debut album Debut. Her first album after the dissolution of The Sugercubes it received critical...
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Jul 5, 20231 min read
1973 - Styx II - Styx
50 Years Ago - 1973 Styx released their second album Styx II. The album features their hit "Lady" which finally made the charts after...
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Jul 4, 20231 min read
1988 - Kylie - Kylie Minogue
35 Years Ago - 1988 Kylie Minogue released her debut album Kylie. The album was produced by Stock, Aitken, and Waterman and received...
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Jul 3, 20231 min read
1973 - We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
50 Years Ago - 1973 Grand Funk Railroad released their seventh album We're an American Band. It was produced by Todd Rundgren. The title...
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Jul 2, 20231 min read
1988 - The Cocktail Soundtrack
35 Years Ago - 1988 The Cocktail Soundtrack was released from the Tom Cruise movie. Georgia Satellites had a hit with "Hippy Hippy Shake"...
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Jul 1, 20231 min read
1983 - Fantastic - Wham!
40 Years Ago - 1983 Wham! released their debut album Fantastic. In America, the album was originally released as the band Wham UK. There...
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Jun 30, 20231 min read
1983 - Keep It Up - Loverboy
40 Years Ago - 1983 Loverboy released their third album Keep It Up. The first single "Hot Girls in Love" peaked at #11 and #2 Mainstream...
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Jun 29, 20231 min read
2003 - Elephunk - Black Eyed Peas
20 Years Ago - 2003 Black Eyed Peas released their third album Elephunk. This was their first album with Fergie. The first single was...
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Jun 28, 20231 min read
2003 - Dangerously In Love - Beyoncé
20 Years Ago - 2003 Beyoncé released her debut solo album Dangerously In Love. At the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, the album and its songs...
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Jun 27, 20231 min read
1993 - Sons of Soul - Tony! Toni! Toné!
30 Years Ago - 1993 Tony! Toni! Toné! released their third album Sons of Soul. Five singles were released, the first, "If I Had No Loot"...
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Jun 26, 20231 min read
1988 - Reg Strikes Back - Elton John
35 Years Ago - 1988 Elton John released his twenty-first album Reg Strikes Back. John came back after taking a year off to recover from...
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Jun 25, 20231 min read
1988 - Heavy Nova - Robert Palmer
35 Years Ago (yes again) - 1988 Robert Palmer released his ninth album Heavy Nova. The first single was another smash. "Simply...
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Jun 24, 20231 min read
1988 - Roll With It - Steve Winwood
35 Years Ago - 1988 Steve Winwood released his fifth album Roll With It. It turned out to be his most commercially successful album. The...
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