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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 7, 20231 min read
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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 6, 20231 min read
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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 5, 20231 min read
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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 4, 20231 min read
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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 3, 20231 min read
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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 2, 20231 min read
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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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Jan 1, 20231 min read
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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 31, 20221 min read
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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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Dec 30, 20221 min read
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1997 - #1 Dance Song on This Day - Never Gonna Fail - Lisa Stansfield
1997 - #1 Dance song on this day was "Never Gonna Fail" by Lisa Stansfield. This is her sixth #1 on the Dance chart.
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Dec 29, 20221 min read
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1992 - #1 Dance Song On This Date - It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day - Soul System
1992 - #1 Dance song on this day was "It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day" by The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M., a remake of Bill Withers "Lovely Day" A...
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Dec 28, 20221 min read
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1987 #1 Dance Song Today - So Emotional - Whitney Houston
1987 - #1 Dance song on this day was "So Emotional" by Whitney Houston. This was her sixth consecutive #1 on the Hot 100 and #6 on the...
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Dec 27, 20221 min read
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1982 - #1 Dance Song This Day - It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
1982 - #1 Dance Song today was The Weather Girls and "It's Raining Men" David Letterman's musical director Paul Shaffer was a co-writer....
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Dec 26, 20221 min read
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2007 - #1 Dance Song on This Day - Shut Up and Drive - Rihanna
15 Years Ago - 2007 The #1 Dance song on this date was "Shut Up and Drive" by Rihanna. It made #15 on the Hot 100 but tore up the dance...
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Dec 23, 20221 min read
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2007 - #1 Dance Song this Date - Gimme More - Britney Spears
15 Years Ago - 2007 The #1 Dance song on this date was "Gimme More" by Britney Spears. It made #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Britney...
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Dec 22, 20221 min read
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1997 - #1 Dance Song Today - Drama - Club 69
25 Years Ago Today - 1997 The #1 Dance song was "Drama" by Club 69. With Kim Cooper on the Diva spoken words and the tribal house groove...
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Dec 21, 20221 min read
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1992 - #1 Dance Song This Date - "Leash Called Love" - Sugarcubes
30 Years Ago - 1992 The #1 Dance song this day was "Leash Called Love" by Sugarcubes. Tony Humphries remixed the song and it found its...
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Dec 20, 20221 min read
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1982 - #1 Dance Song Today - The Look of Love - ABC
40 Years Ago - 1982 The #1 Dance song on this date was "The Look of Love" by ABC. Only reaching #18 on the Hot 100, it was the third...
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Dec 19, 20221 min read
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2007 - Growing Pains - Mary J. Blige
15 Years Ago - 2007 Mary J. Blige released her eighth album Growing Pains. It won a Grammy for Best Contemporary R&B Album. The first...
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Dec 18, 20221 min read
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2002 - Don't Stop Movin' - S Club 7
20 Years Ago - 2002 S Club 7 released their only US album, a compilation of their two previous British albums called Don't Stop Movin'....
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Dec 17, 20221 min read
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