1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Howard Jones released his third album One to One. Featuring charting singles "You Know I Love You...Don't You?" (#17) and "No One is...
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Oct 24, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Billy Idol released his first solo record (ep) Don't Stop. This featured the remake of Tommy James and the Shondells song "Mony...
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Oct 24, 20211 min read
10/24/21 Sunday Funday, and the debut of Matchbox 20
1996 this month saw the release of Matchbox 20's debut album Yourself or Someone Like You. The album sold a mere 610 copies in its first...
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Oct 23, 20211 min read
1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 Bob Seger released his ninth album Night Moves. This was the first album to credit The Silver Bullet Band. The three singles were...
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Oct 22, 20211 min read
1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 Elton John released his eleventh album Blue Moves. The album featured the huge first single "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word...
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Oct 21, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Weird Al Yankovic released his fourth album Polka Party! This album was considered a commercial and critical failure, with mixed to...
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Oct 20, 20211 min read
1991 - 30 Years Ago
1991 Erasure released their fifth album Chorus. Four singles were released in the UK all making the top 20. (All chart notations are for...
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Oct 19, 20211 min read
1991 - 30 Years Ago
1991 Ugly Kid Joe released their EP As Ugly as They Wanna Be. Many of their albums are parodies of titles by other acts. This one of 2...
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Oct 18, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Stacy Q released her debut album Better Than Heaven. The album featured two top 40 hits, "Two of Hearts" (#3 #4 Dance) and "We...
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Oct 17, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Billy Idol released his third album Whiplash Smile. Three singles, "To Be a Lover" (#6), "Don't Need a Gun" (#37 #10 Mainstream...
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Oct 16, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Human League released their third album in the UK Dare. It would be released in mid 1982 in America. Only one single charted in...
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Oct 15, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Wang Chung released their fourth album Mosaic. Three singles were released, "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (#2 #4 Dance #25 Album...
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Oct 14, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Prince released his fourth album Controversy. This was the first of his albums to associate Prince with the color purple. Charting...
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Oct 13, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Berlin released their fourth album Count Three & Pray. Four singles starting with "Take My Breath Away" which was featured in the...
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Oct 12, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Olivia Newton-John released her eleventh album and features the song that would go on to become the song of the decade. The title...
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Oct 11, 20211 min read
1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 Abba released their fourth album Arrival. Featuring some of their biggest hits, "Fernando", which had been written for Anni-Fird's...
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Oct 10, 20211 min read
1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 KC and the Sunshine Band released their fourth album called (strangely enough) Part 3. Singles were "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake...
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Oct 10, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 It was the debut album from Quarterflash. Featuring the singles "Harden My Heart" (#3 and #1 Rock), "Find Another Fool" (#16 #12...
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Oct 9, 20211 min read
1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 Kansas released their fourth album Leftoverture. "Carry On Wayward Son" (#11) is the classic song from this album and the only...
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Oct 8, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Talking Heads released their seventh album True Stories taken from the 1986 American musical satirical comedy film directed by David...
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