1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Loverboy released their second album Get Lucky. Who wears the red leather pants on the iconic cover? 13-year-old Tymara Kennedy,...
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Oct 6, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Eddie Money released his sixth album Can't Hold Back. "Take Me Home Tonight" made #4 Hot 100 and #1 Mainstream Rock. Featuring...
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Oct 5, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Depeche Mode released their debut album Speak & Spell. The only album to feature Vince Clarke who departed to form Yazoo and later...
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Oct 4, 20211 min read
1991 - 30 Years Ago
1991 Prince released his thirteenth album Diamonds and Pearls. This was the first with The New Power Generation. It was another...
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Oct 3, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac released his first solo album Law and Order. Two singles were released, the hit "Trouble" with...
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Oct 2, 20211 min read
1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 Styx released their sixth album Crystal Ball. This album was the first with Tommy Shaw, and he can be heard on the one hit...
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Oct 1, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 The Police released their fourth album Ghost in the Machine. Three American singles were released "Every Little Thing She Does Is...
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Sep 30, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 years Ago
1986 Chicago released Chicago 18, their first album without co-founding member Peter Cetera. The first release was an updated version of...
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Sep 29, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 New Order released their fourth album Brotherhood. "Bizarre Love Triangle" was their break here in America on the dance clubs (#4)...
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Sep 28, 20211 min read
1976 - 45 Years Ago
Masterpiece alert!!!! 1976 Stevie Wonder released his eighteenth album Songs in the Key of Life. He was thinking of quitting the music...
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Sep 27, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Hall & Oats released their tenth album Private Eyes. This album netted them two #1's "Private Eyes" and "I Can't Go for That", and...
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Sep 26, 20211 min read
1991 - 30 Years Ago
1991 Red Hot Chili Peppers released their fifth album Blood Sugar Sex Magik. This was a big album for them and produced the singles "Give...
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Sep 25, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Boston released it's third album Third Stage. "Amanda" was the first single and made #1, followed by "We're Ready" at #9, and...
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Sep 24, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Kool & the Gang released their thirteenth album Something Special. The singles were "Take My Heart" (#17 #1 R&B), "Steppin' Out"...
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Sep 23, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Tina Turner released her sixth album Break Every Rule. Singles included "Typical Male" (#2 #11 Dance Club #3 R&B/Hip Hop), "Back...
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Sep 22, 20211 min read
1991 - 30 Years Ago
1991 Tom Cochrane released his second album Mad Mad World. The album earned Canadian Cochrane four Juno Awards including Album of the...
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Sep 21, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Sheena Easton released her second album You Could Have Been With Me. The title track reached #15 on the Hot 100, and #6 on the AC...
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Sep 20, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Huey Lewis and The News released their fourth album Fore! The album was a huge hit with singles "Stuck with You" (#1), "Hip to Be...
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Sep 19, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Luther Vandross released his fifth album Give Me the Reason. The svelter Luther gave us these singles from the album, "Give Me the...
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Sep 18, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Genesis released their eleventh album Abacab. Four singles were released, "No Reply at All" (#29 #2 Rock Tracks), "Abacab" (#26),...
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