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1983 - The Wild Heart - Stevie Nicks
40 Years Ago - 1983 Stevie Nicks released her second album The Wild Heart. Three singles were released starting with "Stand Back" which...
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Jun 12, 20231 min read
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1983 - State of Confusion - The Kinks
40 Years Ago - 1983 The Kinks released their twentieth album State of Confusion. "Come Dancing" was the smash hit peaking at #6 and #16...
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Jun 11, 20231 min read
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1978 - Dire Straits - Dire Straits
45 Years Ago - 1978 Dire Straits released their self-titled debut album. "Sultans of Swing" was the only single and it peaked at #4.
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Jun 10, 20231 min read
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1978 - Some Girls - Rolling Stones
45 Years Ago - 1978 Rolling Stones released their sixteenth American Album Some Girls. The album had four singles. "Miss You" took...
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Jun 9, 20231 min read
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1988 - Sur La Mer - Moody Blues
35 Years Ago - 1988 Moody Blues released their thirteenth album Sur La Mer. The first single "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" peaked...
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Jun 7, 20231 min read
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1978 - The Cars - The Cars
45 Years Ago - 1978 The Cars released their self-titled debut album. The album spawned three singles. "Just What I Needed" peaked at #27....
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Jun 6, 20231 min read
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1998 - gloria! - Gloria Estefan
25 Years Ago - 1998 Gloria Estefan released her eighth album gloria! The first single was "Heaven's What I Feel" peaked at #27 #4 Ac and...
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Jun 5, 20231 min read
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1978 - Shadow Danging - Andy Gibb
45 Years Ago - 1978 Andy Gibb released his second album Shadow Dancing. There were three hit singles starting with "Shadow Dancing" was a...
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Jun 4, 20231 min read
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1973 - Chicago VI - Chicago
50 Years Ago - 1973 Chicago released their fifth album Chicago VI. The album featured two singles, "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" peaked at...
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Jun 3, 20231 min read
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1978 - Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
45 Years Ago - 1978 Bruce Springsteen released his fourth album Darkness on the Edge of Town. The album made #5 on the charts but the...
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Jun 2, 20231 min read
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1983 - Speaking in Tongues - Talking Heads
40 Years Ago - 1983 The Talking Heads released their fifth album Speaking in Tongues. This was their big commercial breakthrough....
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Jun 1, 20231 min read
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50 Years Ago - Tower of Power - Tower of Power
50 Years Ago - 1973 Tower of Power released their self-titled third album. The album had three singles, "So Very Hard to Go" was the...
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May 31, 20231 min read
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1983 - Too Low for Zero - Elton John
40 Years Ago - 1983 Elton John released his seventeenth album Too Low for Zero. It was kind of a comeback album after the last four were...
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May 30, 20231 min read
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1973 - The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters
50 Years Ago - 1973 The Pointer Sisters released their self-titled debut album. This album featured the four sisters Anita Pointer, Ruth...
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May 29, 20231 min read
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1973 - Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
50 Years Ago - 1973 Mike Oldfield released his debut album Tubular Bells. Mike was 19 when it was recorded and he played almost all the...
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May 28, 20231 min read
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1983/2003 - Weird Al Yankovic/Poodle Hat - "Weird Al" Yankovic
40 Years Ago - 1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic released his self-titled debut album The album contained five parodies and seven original songs...
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May 27, 20231 min read
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1998 - Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation - B-52s
25 Years Ago - 1998 B-52s released their greatest hits album Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation. Two new songs were included...
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May 26, 20231 min read
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1988 - OU812 - Van Halen
35 Years Ago - 1988 Van Halen released their eighth album OU812. It's their second album with lead singer Sammy Hagar. (Van Hagar?) Four...
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May 25, 20231 min read
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1973 - Now & Then - The Carpenters
50 Years Ago - 1973 The Carpenters released their fifth album Now & Then. The second side of the album is taken up by a medley surrounded...
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May 24, 20231 min read
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1988 - Out of Order - Rod Stewart
35 Years Ago - 1988 Rod Stewart released his fifteenth album Out of Order. "Lost in You" peaked at #12 and #3 Album Rock Tracks "Forever...
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May 23, 20231 min read
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