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Sep 10, 20211 min read
1991 - 30 Years Ago
1991 Garth Brooks released his third album Ropin' the Wind. It was his first studio album to debut at No. 1 the Billboard 200 chart and...
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Sep 9, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Barry Manilow released his eighth album If I Should Love Again. The singles were "The Old Songs" (#15 #1 Adult Contemporary),...
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Sep 8, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 The B-52s released their fourth album Bouncing off the Satellites. This album kind of got lost because the band was dealing with the...
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Sep 7, 20211 min read
1996 - 25 Years Ago
1996 Pet Shop Boys released their sixth album Bilingual. "Before" was a #1 Club hit. It was repackaged with added single "Somewhere" to...
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Sep 6, 20211 min read
1971 - 50 Years Ago
1971 Cher released her seventh album Cher (would be reissued under Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" after the succes of that song.) It would hit...
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Sep 5, 20211 min read
1991 - 30 Years Ago
1991 Naughty by Nature released their second self-titled album. Huge hits "O.P.P. (#6 #7 Club #1 Dance Single Sales #1 Rap) and "Hip Hop...
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Sep 4, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Diana Ross released her twelfth album Why Do Fools Fall In Love. The title track remake made #7, and the follow-up "Mirror Mirror"...
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Sep 3, 20211 min read
1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 Earth, Wind & Fire released their seventh album Spirit. "Getaway" made #12 #1 Soul #9 Dance Club. "On Your Face" (#26 Soul), and...
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bribriny
Sep 2, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Jeffrey Osborne released his fourth album Emotional. "You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)" was the only single making #13 and #2...
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bribriny
Sep 1, 20211 min read
1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 The Bee Gees released their fourteenth album Children of the World. The first single was "You Should Be Dancing" and hit #1. "Love...
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Aug 31, 20211 min read
1996 - 30 Years Ago
1996 Reel Big Fish released their second album Turn the Radio Off. "Sell Out" made #69 and #10 on the Modern Rock chart.
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Aug 30, 20211 min read
1991 - 30 Years Ago
1991 Pearl Jam released their debut album Ten. One of the influential Grunge albums, Singles were "Alive" (#16 Mainstream Rock #18 Modern...
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Aug 29, 20211 min read
1991 - 30 Years Ago
1991 Toad the Wet Sprocket released their third album fear. Two big singles, "All I Want" (#15 #4 Mainstream) and "Walk on the Ocean"...
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bribriny
Aug 28, 20211 min read
1991 - 30 Years Ago
1991 Spin Doctors released their debut album Pocket Full of Kryptonite. Singles were "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" (#17 #2 Modern Rock),...
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Aug 27, 20211 min read
1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 Manfred Mann's Earth Band released it's seventh album The Roaring Silence. Featuring the #1 hit Blinded by the Light. The song was...
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Aug 26, 20211 min read
1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Paul Simon released his seventh album Graceland. Simon became fascinated by a bootleg cassette of mbaqanga, South African street...
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Aug 25, 20211 min read
1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 The debut album from Boston was released. The self-titled album with the guitar-shaped spaceships was HUGE! Seriously, if you want...
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Aug 24, 20211 min read
1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 The rolling Stones released their 18th US album Tattoo You. The album is mostly composed of studio outtakes recorded during the...
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Aug 22, 20211 min read
1996 - 25 Years Ago
1996 Aaliyah released her second album One In A Million. Five big singles, "If Your Girl Only Knew" (#11 #5 Dance Singles #1 R&B/Hip...
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bribriny
Aug 21, 20211 min read
1996 - 25 Years Ago
1996 Sneaker Pimps released their debut album Becoming X. Interesting note, the album marked the only appearance of Kelli Dayton as lead...
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