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Apr 4, 20221 min read
1987 - 35 Years Ago
1987 Randy Travis released his second album Always & Forever. The album featured four #1 Country hits, "Forever and Ever, Amen", "I Won't...
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bribriny
Apr 3, 20221 min read
1972 - 50 Years Ago
1972 Raspberries released their self-titled debut album. The American and Australian versions of this LP carried a scratch and sniff...
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Apr 2, 20221 min read
1987 - 35 Years Ago
1987 Simply Red released their second album Men and Women. Largely ignored in America, with "The Right Thing" charting at #27.
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bribriny
Apr 1, 20221 min read
1987 - 35 Years Ago
1987 Suzanne Vega released her second album Solitude Standing. The album opens with the acapella "Tom's Diner." The "Tom's Diner" of the...
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bribriny
Mar 31, 20221 min read
1987 - 35 Years Ago
1987 Erasure released their second album The Circus. Breakthrough in the UK, Dance chart recognition in the US. "Sometimes" (#2 UK #4...
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bribriny
Mar 30, 20221 min read
1977 - 45 Years Ago
1977 the Commodores released their fifth self-titled album. Smash singles "Easy" (#4 #1 R&B) and "Brick House" (#5 #4 R&B #34 Dance) were...
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bribriny
Mar 29, 20221 min read
1987 - 35 Years Ago
1987 Bryan Adams released his fifth album Into the Fire. Six singles were released from the album: "Heat of the Night" (#6 #2...
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bribriny
Mar 28, 20221 min read
1987 - 35 Years Ago
1987 Thompson Twins released their sixth album Close to the Bone. Now only the duo of Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie (still not twins..nor...
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bribriny
Mar 27, 20221 min read
1987 - 35 Years Ago
1987 Prince released his ninth album Sign o' the Times. The album's songs were largely recorded during 1986 to 1987 in sessions for...
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bribriny
Mar 27, 20223 min read
3/27/22 Bridgerton and Horrible Movies
Sunday 3/27/22 Celebrate Mothering Sunday, National Spanish Paella, Neighbour, National Joe, Scribble, Quirky Country Music Song Titles,...
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bribriny
Mar 26, 20221 min read
1992 - 30 Years Ago
1992 Celine Dion released her eleventh album (only her second in English.) The album features the Grammy Award winning song "Beauty and...
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bribriny
Mar 25, 20221 min read
1992 - 30 Years Ago
1992 En Vogue released their second album Funky Divas. First single "My Lovin' (You Never Gonna Get It)" was a smash making #2 ( #8 club...
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bribriny
Mar 24, 20221 min read
1992 - 30 Years Ago
1992 Arrested Development released their debut album 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... . The album's title refers to the...
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bribriny
Mar 23, 20221 min read
1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 Rick Springfield released his sixth album Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet. The album's singles were "Don't Talk to Strangers" (#2 (4...
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bribriny
Mar 22, 20221 min read
1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 the Beatles released a compilation album of movie music Reel Music. As was hot at the time because of the Stars on 45 there was a...
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Mar 21, 20221 min read
1992 - 30 Years Ago
1992 Bruce Springsteen released Human Touch his ninth/tenth studio albums the same day. Lucky Town was the other. Human Touch was the...
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Mar 20, 20221 min read
1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 Men Without Hats released their debut album Rhythm of Youth. The album featured "The Saftey Dance" which made #3 Hot 100 and #1...
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bribriny
Mar 19, 20221 min read
1987 35 Years Ago
1987 Dj Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince released their debut album Rock the House. The first single "Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble"...
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Mar 18, 20221 min read
1992 - 30 Years Ago
1992 No Doubt released their self-titled debut album. The album failed to perform and the record company refused to release a single....
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bribriny
Mar 17, 20221 min read
1992 - 30 Years Ago
1992 k.d. lang released her second solo album Ingenue. Singles were "Constant Craving" (#38 #2 AC #22 Mainstream Top 40) and "Miss...
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