1977 - 45 Years Ago
1977 Cat Stevens released his tenth album Izitso. "Remember the Days of the Old Schoolyard" w/Elkie Brooks was the single from the album...
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Apr 28, 20221 min read
1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 Paul McCartney released Tug of War. his eleventh album and his fourth solo album. It was the first after the break up of Wings and...
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Apr 27, 20221 min read
2002 - 10 Years Ago
2002 Vanessa Carlton released her debut album Be Not Nobody. "A Thousand Miles" was released as the lead single and made # 5 on the Hot...
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Apr 26, 20221 min read
1997 - 25 Years Ago
1997 The Chemical Brothers released their second album Dig Your Own Hole. Five singles were released from the album, "Setting Sun" w/...
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Apr 25, 20221 min read
1972 - 50 Years Ago
1972 Jim Croce released his third album You Don't Mess Around With Jim. The title track became a #8 Hot 100 song and #9 Easy Listening....
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Apr 24, 20221 min read
1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 Ray Parker Jr. released his first solo album The Other Woman. The title track became a #4 Hot 100 song (#2 R&B.) The follow-ups were...
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Apr 23, 20221 min read
1992 - 30 Years Ago
1992 The Cure released their ninth album Wish. This was their most commercially successful album. "High" was the first single and made #1...
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Apr 22, 20221 min read
1992 - 30 Years Ago
1992 Sophie B. Hawkins released her debut album Tongues and Tails. Her first single "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" was a smash making #5...
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Apr 21, 20221 min read
1987 - 35 Years Ago
1987 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their seventh album Let Me Up (I've Had Enough). Jammin' Me was the first single co-written...
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Apr 20, 20221 min read
1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 A Flock of Seagulls released their self-titled debut album. The album track "D.N.A." won a Grammy Award in 1983 for Best Rock...
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Apr 19, 20221 min read
1992 - 30 Years Ago
1992 Kym Sims released her only album Too Blind To See It. Only the title track was released in the US making #38 on the Hot 100 and #5...
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Apr 18, 20221 min read
1992 - 30 Years Ago
1992 Chaka Kahn released her eighth album The Woman I Am. The album is dedicated to her friend Miles Davis who died the previous year....
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Apr 17, 20221 min read
1992 - 30 Years Ago
1992 Weird Al Yankovic released his seventh album Off the Deep End. The album made #17 on the charts. Grunge, led by Nirvana was big at...
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Apr 16, 20221 min read
1992 - 30 Years Ago
1992 Annie Lennox released her debut solo album Diva. It won the Brit Award for British Album of the Year. Singles were "Why" (#34 #6 AC...
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Apr 15, 20221 min read
1987 - 35 Years Ago
1987 Fleetwood Mac released their fourteenth album Tango in the Night. It started as a Lindsay Buckingham solo album but morphed into a...
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Apr 14, 20221 min read
1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 Van Halen released their fifth album Diver Down. Coming off a tour, David Lee Roth said they should start the year with a single,...
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Apr 13, 20221 min read
1977 - 45 Years Ago
1977 Kenny Loggings released his debut solo album Celebrate Me Home. He worked with so many Jazz artists including Bob James, Lee...
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Apr 12, 20221 min read
1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 John Cougar (no Mellencamp yet) released his fifth album American Fool. It spent nine weeks at #1 and was his big breakthrough. The...
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Apr 11, 20221 min read
1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 Elton John released his sixteenth album Jump Up! In a 2010 Sirius radio special, John's lyricist, Bernie Taupin, talking about Jump...
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Apr 10, 20221 min read
1977 - 45 Years Ago
1977 Supertramp released their fifth album Even in the Quietest Moments. "Give a Little Bit" was the first single and made #15 on the Hot...
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