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Jan 18, 20231 min read
1978 - Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon
45 Years Ago - 1978 Warren Zevon released his third album Excitable Boy. This was his best-selling album partly because of the hit...
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Jan 17, 20231 min read
1983 - Trouble in Paradise - Randy Newman
40 Years Ago - 1983 Randy Newman released his seventh album Trouble in Paradise. It should be called Randy fronts Toto as with many...
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Jan 16, 20231 min read
1993 - 12 Inches of Snow - Snow
30 Years Ago - 1993 Snow released his debut album 12 Inches of Snow. The Canadian reggae musician topped the charts for seven weeks with...
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Jan 15, 20231 min read
2008 - N.B 0r Pocketful of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield
15 Years Ago - 2008 Natasha Bedingfield released her second album N.B. or in America Pocketful of Sunshine with a different tracklist....
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Jan 14, 20231 min read
1983 - Nena - Nena
40 Years Ago - 1983 Nena released their debut album by the German group led by her. This is her second album but first with the band. The...
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Jan 13, 20231 min read
1978 - Pastiche - Manhattan Transfer
45 Years Ago - 1978 Manhattan Transfer released their fourth album Pastiche. This was the last with Laurel Masse as part of the group....
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Jan 12, 20231 min read
1993 - #1 Dance Song on This Date - I'm Gonna Get You - Bizarre Inc.
30 Years Ago - 1993 the #1 dance song on this date was "I'm Gonna Get You" by Bizarre Inc. English singer Angie Brown propelled the song...
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Jan 11, 20231 min read
1998 - The #1 Dance Song on This Date - Much Better - Club 69
25 Years Ago - 1998 The #1 Dance song on this date was "Much Better" by Club 69. Peter Rauhofer and Suzanne Palmer got us moving on the...
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Jan 10, 20231 min read
1983 - ExtendedancEPlay - Dire Straits
40 Years Ago - 1983 Dire Straits released an EP called Extendedance Play (or ExtendedancEPlay.) It contained "Twisting by the Pool" which...
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Jan 9, 20231 min read
2008 - #1 Dance Song on This Date - Kingdom - Dave Gahan
15 Years Ago - 2008 Dave Gahan had the #1 Dance Song on this date with "Kingdom." The song is from the Depeche Mode vocalist's second...
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Jan 8, 20231 min read
1983 - #1 Dance Song on This Date - Lies - Thompson Twins
40 Years Ago - 1983 the #1 dance song on this date was "Lies" by Thompson Twins. A #30 Hot 100 song that went to #1 for two weeks on the...
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Jan 7, 20231 min read
2003 - #1 Dance Song Today - Dark Beat - Oscar G & Ralph Falcon
20 Years Ago on this date, the #1 Dance song was "Dark Beat" by Oscar G & Ralph Falcon.
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Jan 6, 20231 min read
1978 - Street Player - Rufus
45 Years Ago - 1978 Rufus released their sixth album Street Player. The title track was redone by Chicago for their Chicago XIII album....
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Jan 5, 20231 min read
1973 - Dream On - Aerosmith
50 Years Ago - 1973 Aerosmith released their self-titled debut album. The big hit was "Dream On" which was released and was a hit in...
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Jan 4, 20231 min read
1983 - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
40 Years Ago - 1983 Eurythmics released their second album Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This.) The title track was the first track released...
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Jan 3, 20231 min read
1978 - Level Headed - Sweet
45 Years Ago - 1978 Sweet released their sixth album Level Headed. The album features their #8 charting song "Love is Like Oxygen." It...
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Jan 2, 20231 min read
1988 - Tear Down These Walls - Billy Ocean
35 Years Ago - 1988 Billy Ocean released his seventh album Tear Down These Walls. The album had three singles in the US. The first "Get...
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Jan 1, 20231 min read
1978 - Waylon & Willie - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
New Year, New Anniversary Years. 1973, 78, 83, 88, 93, 98 etc. My stats these years: 1973 I was in Homer NY. It was the 4th & 5th grades....
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Dec 31, 20221 min read
2022 In Music
#1 for the year is "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals #1 Dance/Electronic Song (club chart was discontinued in 2020 due to covid) "Cold Heart"...
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Dec 30, 20221 min read
2007 - #1 Dance Song on This Date - Keep Your Body Working - Tony Moran
2007 - #1 Dance song on this date was "Keep Your Body Working" by Tony Moran featuring Martha Wash. It's a reworking of a song by Kleer.
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