1976 Kiss released their fifth album Rock and Roll Over. First single "Hard Luck Woman" was written as a possible track for Rod Stewart....

1981 Men at Work released their debut album Business as Usual. It spent an unprecedented 15 weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 from...

1976 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their debut album. It was largely ignored on it's release here in the US, after almost a...

1996 saw the debut of The Spice Girls with Spice. (in the UK..it wasn't until February 97 in America.) "Wannabe" was the first single, a...

1981 rod Stewert released his eleventh album Tonight I'm Yours. Three singles, "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" (#20) Young Turks"...

1981 The Cars released their fourth album Shake It Up. Singles were the title track (#4 #2 Mainstream Rock #14 Dance Club) "Since You're...

1976 The Jacksons released their eleventh album The Jacksons. This was their first album for Epic Records, and Jermaine Jackson stayed...

1986 The Pretenders released their fourth album Get Close. The album had three singles "Don't Get Me Wrong" (#10 #1 Mainstream Rock),...

1986 Kim Wilde released her fifth album Another Step. Charting singels were "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (#1 #6 Dance Club), "Say You Really...

1981 Adam and the Ants released their third album Prince Charming. The album featured two #1 songs in the UK. "Stand and Deliver" (No...

1991 The Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack was released. When the single "Beauty and the Beast" was written, it was composed with the...

1971 Don McLean released his second album American Pie. The album is dedicated to Buddy Holly. The title track was the first single, and...

1991 Hammer released his fourth album Too Legit to Quit. Singles were "2 Legit 2 Quit" (#5 #3 R&B #4 Rap #1 Dance Club), "Addams Groove"...

1991 Richard Marx released his third album Rush Street. Charting singles were "Keep Coming Back" (I have no recollection of this song,...

1991 Matthew Sweet released his third album Girlfriend. The title track reached #4 on the Modern Rock and #10 on the Mainstream Rock...

1986 Aretha Franklin released her thirty first album Aretha. The third album with the same name. Singles released were "Jumpin' Jack...

1981 The J. Giles Band released their tenth album Freeze Frame. This was the last one to feature Peter Wolf on vocals. First single...

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...

1981 Billy Idol released his first solo record (ep) Don't Stop. This featured the remake of Tommy James and the Shondells song "Mony...

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...