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1989 - A New Flame - Simply Red
35 Years Ago - 1989 Simply Red released their third album A New Flame. The album featured these US singles. "It’s Only Love" is a remake...
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Feb 13, 20241 min read
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1974 - Love Song - Anne Murray
50 Years Ago - 1974 Anne Murray released her eighth album Love Song. Singles released "Send a Little Love My Way" made #72, #10 AC, and...
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Feb 12, 20241 min read
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1984 - It's My Life - Talk Talk
40 Years Ago - 1984 Talk Talk released their second album It's My Life. "It's My Life" was the first single peaking at #31, #23...
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Feb 11, 20241 min read
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1979 - Living and Dying in 3/4 Time - Jimmy Buffet
50 Years Ago - 1974 Jimmy Buffet released his fourth album Living and Dying in 3/4 Time. "Come Monday" was his first Top 40 hit peaking...
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Feb 10, 20241 min read
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1989 - Spike - Elvis Costello
35 Years Ago - 1989 Elvis Costello released his twelfth album Spike. The big single was "Veronica" co-written with Paul McCartney. This...
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Feb 9, 20241 min read
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1989 - Mystery Girl - Roy Orbinson
35 Years Ago - 1989 Roy Orbison released his twenty-second album Mystery Girl. The album was completed a month before his death and was...
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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1989 - As Nasty as They Wanna Be - 2 Live Crew
35 Years Ago - 1989 2 Live Crew released their third album As Nasty as They Wanna Be. It is the first album in history to be deemed...
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Feb 7, 20241 min read
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1974 - Jolene - Dolly Parton
50 Years Ago - 1974 Dolly Parton released her thirteenth album Jolene. The first single was the title track and was her second solo #1 on...
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Feb 6, 20241 min read
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1979 - Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees
45 Years Ago - 1979 Bee Gees released their fifteenth album Spirits Having Flown. This is the first album after the Saturday Night Fever...
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Feb 5, 20241 min read
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2/5/24 - Grammys, Is There Weather Coming? I Hurt, and Why Are You Doing That?
Monday 2/5/24 Celebrate: Dump Your Significant Jerk Day Liberace Day National Create a Vacuum Day National Hemp Day National Homemade...
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Feb 5, 20242 min read
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1984 - The Flat Earth - Thomas Dolby
40 Years Ago - 1984 Thomas Dolby released his second album The Flat Earth. "Hyperactive" was the only single released in America peaking...
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Feb 4, 20241 min read
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1984 - Ammonia Avenue - Alan Parsons Project
40 Years Ago - 1984 Alan Parsons Project released their seventh album Ammonia Avenue. "Don't Answer Me" was a #4 Hot 100 hit. #4 AC and...
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Feb 3, 20241 min read
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1974 - Let Me In Your Life - Aretha Franklin
50 Years Ago - 1974 Aretha Franklin released her twentieth album Let Me in Your Life. Peaking at #3, "Until You Come Back to Me (That's...
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Feb 2, 20241 min read
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1974 - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits - Doobie Brothers
50 Years Ago - 1974 The Doobie Brothers released their fourth album What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits. "Another Park, Another Sunday"...
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Feb 1, 20241 min read
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1984 - Footloose Soundtrack
40 Years Ago - 1984 The Footloose Soundtrack was released. The smash movie, the smash soundtrack which stayed at #1 from April till June....
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Jan 31, 20241 min read
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1974 - The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
50 Years Ago - 1974 Barbra Streisand released her fifteenth album The Way We Were. "The Way We Were" was the first single, Oscar winner,...
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Jan 30, 20241 min read
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1984 - Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
40 Years Ago - 1984 Rockwell released his debut album Somebody's Watching Me. The song of Motown founder Berry Gordy, who changed his...
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Jan 29, 20241 min read
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1984 - Milk and Honey - John Lennon and Yoko Ono
40 Years Ago - 1984 John Lennon and Yoko Ono released their sixth album Milk and Honey. It was three years after his murder and his...
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Jan 28, 20241 min read
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1984 - Christine McVie - Christine McVie
40 Years Ago - 1984 Christine McVie released her self-titled second solo album. "Got a Hold on Me" was the first single and peaked at #10...
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Jan 27, 20241 min read
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1989 - Electric Youth - Debbie Gibson
35 Years Ago - 1989 Debbie Gibson released her second album Electric Youth. This was her highest-charting album at #1 for five weeks....
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Jan 26, 20241 min read
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