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...

Time to check in with my top songs of the year. Teddy Swims gets a nod for "Lose Control" Personally, one of the best moments of the year...

45 Years Ago - 1978 The Carpenters released their Christmas album Portrait, their ninth album. "Merry Christmas Darling" is featured on...

25 Years Ago - 1998 NSYNC released their (second album) Christmas Album Home for Christmas. "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays" peaked at...

30 Years Ago - 1993 Harry Connick Jr. released his first Christmas album When My Heart Finds Christmas. It was the best-selling holiday...

30 Years Ago - 1993 producer David Foster released The Christmas Album. Featuring a host of artists including Celine Dionk Vanessa...

50 Years Ago - 1973 A Motown Christmas was released. A double album containing various seasonal singles from some of the label's artists....

40 Years Ago - 1983 Amy Grant released her first Christmas Album and fifth album A Christmas Album.

30 Years Ago - 1993 Gloria Estefan and Boyz II Men released Christmas albums. Christmas Through Your Eyes is the fourth album from Gloria...

45 Years Ago - 1978 The Jackson released their thirteenth album Destiny. This was the album that they first wrote and produced their own...