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1995 - Garbage - Garbage
30 Years Ago - 1995  Garbage  released their self-titled debut album. "Vow" made #97 and #26 Alternative Airplay. "Only Happy When It...
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Aug 161 min read
 
 
 


1990 - Louder Than Love - TKA
35 Years Ago - 1990 TKA released their second album Louder Than Love. The album didn’t chart in America. (I owned it and wore it out!)...
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Aug 151 min read
 
 
 


1980 - S.O.S. - The S.O.S. Band
45 Years Ago - 1980 S.O.S. Band  released their self-titled debut album. It’s an abbreviation for Sounds of Success . "Take Your Time (Do...
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Aug 141 min read
 
 
 


1985 - Primitive Love - Miama Sound Machine
40 Years Ago - 1985 Miami Sound Machine  released their ninth album and second English-language album Primitive Love. This achieved their...
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Aug 131 min read
 
 
 


1980 - One-Trick Pony - Paul Simon
45 Years Ago - 1980 Paul Simon released his fifth album One-Trick Pony. Released at the same time as the film with the same name. "Late...
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Aug 121 min read
 
 
 


1990 - Then & Now - Asia
35 Years Ago - 1990 Asia  released their compilation Album Then & Now. Then from the first two albums, Now were later songs from the band...
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Aug 111 min read
 
 
 


1990 - World Clique - Deee-Lite
35 Years Ago - 1990 Deee-Lite  released their debut album World Clique Run..don't walk to your music source now and just listen to the...
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Aug 101 min read
 
 
 


1985 - Give Me The Night - George Benson
45 Years Ago - 1985 George Benson released his (maybe) sixteenth album Give Me the Night. The album was produced by Quincy Jones and Rod...
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Aug 91 min read
 
 
 


1985 - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force
40 Years Ago - 1985 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force  released their self-titled debut album. "I Wonder If I Take You Home" made #34,...
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Aug 81 min read
 
 
 


1995 - Extreme II: Pornografitti - Extreme
30 Years Ago - 1995 Extreme  released their second album  Extreme II: Pornograffitti. "Decadence Dance" made #45 Mainstream Rock "Get the...
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Aug 71 min read
 
 
 


1995 - Blaze of Glory - Jon Bon Jovi
30 Years Ago - 1995 Jon Bon Jovi released his debut solo album  Blaze of Glory. It has songs from and inspired by the movie Young Guns...
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Aug 61 min read
 
 
 


1980 - Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar
45 Years Ago - 1980 Pat Benatar released her second album  Crimes of Passion. The album earned Benatar her first Grammy Award for Best...
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Aug 51 min read
 
 
 


1990 - #1 Dance Song - Everybody Everybody - Black Box
#1 Dance Song in 1990 on this date was  "Everybody Everybody",  the third single from their debut album Dreamland,  released in May, by...
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Aug 41 min read
 
 
 


2010 - 31 Minutes to Takeoff - Mike Posner
15 Years Ago - 2010 Mike Posner released his debut album 31 Minutes to Takeoff. Note: 31 minutes into the CD, during "Synthesizer", there...
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Aug 31 min read
 
 
 


1980/1985 - Loverboy & Lovin' Every Minute of It - Loverboy
45 Years Ago - 1980 Loverboy  released their self-titled debut album. "Turn Me Loose" peaked at #35 and #6 Mainstream Rock. "The Kid Is...
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Aug 21 min read
 
 
 


1980 - Special Things - Pointer Sisters
45 Years Ago - 1980 The Pointer Sister s released their eighth album Special Things . This was their first album with producer Richard...
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Aug 11 min read
 
 
 


1995 - The Garden - merril Bainbridge
30 Years Ago - 1995 Merril Bainbridge  released her debut album The Garden . It was a huge success in her hative Australia, and wasn't...
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Jul 311 min read
 
 
 


2000 - Who Let The Dogs Out - Baha Men
25 Years Ago - 2000 The Baha Men  released their sixth album Who Let the Dogs Out. "Who Let the Dogs Out" originally titled Doggie was...
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Jul 301 min read
 
 
 


1980 - Voices - Daryl Hall & John Oates
45 Years Ago - 1980 Daryl Hall & John Oates released their ninth album Voices. Interesting to note that the album includes "Everytime You...
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Jul 291 min read
 
 
 


1985 - Contact - The Pointer Sisters
40 Years Ago - 1985 The Pointer Sisters  released their eleventh album Contact. "Dare Me" is sung by June Pointer and it peaked at #11,...
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Jul 281 min read
 
 
 

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