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1977 - 45 Years Ago
1977 Heart released their third album Little Queen. "Barracuda" (#11) was born from anger. Ann Wilson revealed in interviews that the...
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May 16, 20221 min read
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1977 - 45 Years Ago
1977 Donna Summer released her fifth album I Remember Yesterday a concept album mixing disco with other genres. The Disco Queen's album...
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May 15, 20221 min read
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1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 The Clash released their fifth album Combat Rock. The album featured their two biggest hits. "Rock the Casbah" (#8 #8 Club #6 Top...
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May 14, 20221 min read
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1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 Thomas Dolby released his debut album The Golden Age of Wireless. Singles included "Europa and the Pirate Twins" (#67 #37 Rock) and...
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May 13, 20221 min read
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1987 - 35 Years Ago
1987 Swing Out Sister released their debut album It's Better to Travel. The album won the band two Grammy Award nominations for Best New...
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May 12, 20221 min read
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1977 - 45 Years Ago
1977 Brothers Johnson released their second album Right on Time. Three singles released, "Strawberry Letter 23" (#5 #1 R&B), "Runnin' For...
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May 11, 20221 min read
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1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 Duran Duran released their second album Rio. It was remixed and re-released in the US in November. Singles from the album "Hungry...
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May 10, 20221 min read
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1972 - 50 Years Ago
1972 The Rolling Stones released their twelfth American album Exile on Main Street. It was a double album that made #1. "Tumbling Dice"...
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May 9, 20221 min read
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1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 Air Supply released their seventh album Now and Forever. The album contains the hits "Even The Nights Are Better" (#5 #1 AC), "Young...
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May 8, 20221 min read
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1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 Bow Wow Wow released an EP The Last of the Mohicans. Their big hit was a cover of the Strangeloves 1965 hit "I Want Candy." It made...
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May 7, 20221 min read
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1972 - 50 Years Ago
1972 Bill Withers released his second album Still Bill. Featuring the singles "Lean on Me" (#1 Hot 100 and R&B #4 Easy Listening) and...
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May 6, 20221 min read
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1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 Stevie Wonder released a compilation album called Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium. It collects eleven Top 40 hit singles and...
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May 5, 20221 min read
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1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 Modern English released their second album After the Snow. The album contains their worldwide hit "I Melt with You" which made #78...
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May 3, 20221 min read
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1987 - 35 Years Ago
1987 Living in a Box released their self-titled debut album. The self titled first single was the only chart appearance in the US making...
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May 2, 20221 min read
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1977 - 45 Years Ago
1977 Steve Miller Band released their tenth album Book of Dreams. Three singles were released, "Jet Airliner" (#8 with all those funky...
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May 1, 20221 min read
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1987 - 35 Years Ago
1987 Mel and Kim released their only album F.L.M. (an acronym for "fun, love and money"...or more likely a play on the sisters' frequent...
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Apr 30, 20221 min read
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1977 - 45 Years Ago
1977 Cat Stevens released his tenth album Izitso. "Remember the Days of the Old Schoolyard" w/Elkie Brooks was the single from the album...
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Apr 29, 20221 min read
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1982 - 40 Years Ago
1982 Paul McCartney released Tug of War. his eleventh album and his fourth solo album. It was the first after the break up of Wings and...
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Apr 28, 20221 min read
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2002 - 10 Years Ago
2002 Vanessa Carlton released her debut album Be Not Nobody. "A Thousand Miles" was released as the lead single and made # 5 on the Hot...
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Apr 27, 20221 min read
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1997 - 25 Years Ago
1997 The Chemical Brothers released their second album Dig Your Own Hole. Five singles were released from the album, "Setting Sun" w/...
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Apr 26, 20221 min read
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