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1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Little River Band released their sixth album Time Exposure. Singles were "The Night Owls" (#6 #9 Rock Track), "Man On Your Mind"...
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Aug 18, 20211 min read
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1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 Orleans released their fourth album Waking and Dreaming. It contained one of their biggest hits "Still the One" (#5) and the single...
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Aug 17, 20211 min read
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1986 35 Years Ago
1986 Bon Jovi released their third album Slippery When Wet. Big singles from this one, "You Give Love a Bad Name" (#1), "Livin' on a...
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Aug 16, 20211 min read
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1971 50 Years Ago
1971 The Who released their fifth album Who's Next. The singles were "Won't Get Fooled Again" (#15), and "Behind Blue Eyes" (#34). The...
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Aug 15, 20211 min read
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1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 Linda Ronstadt released her seventh album Hasten Down the Wind. It became her third straight million-selling album. Ronstadt was the...
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Aug 14, 20211 min read
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1991 - 30 years Ago
1991 Brooks & Dunn released their debut album Brand New Man. Four consecutive #1 singles on the County Chart, plus crossover hit "Boot...
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Aug 13, 20211 min read
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1991 - 30 Years Ago
1991 Metallica released their fifth album, it was self-titled and it's commonly known as The Black Album because of its packaging. They...
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Aug 12, 20211 min read
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1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Devo released their fourth album. It was originally packaged with a bonus 7" single of the band's cover of "Working in the Coal...
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Aug 11, 20211 min read
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1996 - 25 Years Ago
1996 The Cardigans released their third album First Band on the Moon. The lead single "Lovefool" was an international hit! It hit #2 on...
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Aug 10, 20211 min read
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1971 - 50 Years Ago
1971 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles released their eleventh album One Dozen Roses. Featuring the #1 "The Tears of a Clown", "I Don't...
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Aug 9, 20211 min read
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1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 Barry Manilow released his fourth album This One's for You. The album contained the hits "This One's for You" (#29), "Weekend in New...
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Aug 8, 20211 min read
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1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Donnie Iris released his second album King Cool. Sweet Merilee was the first single (#80), "Love Is Like a Rock" (#37 #9 Mainstream...
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Aug 7, 20211 min read
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1991 - 30 Years Ago
1991 P.M. Dawn released their debut album Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience. Singles were "A Watcher's...
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Aug 6, 20211 min read
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1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Lionel Richie released his third album Dancing on the Ceiling. The singles were "Say You, Say Me" written for the film White Nights...
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Aug 5, 20211 min read
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1976 - 45 Years Ago
1976 Herbie Hancock released his seventeenth album Secrets. Ray Parker Jr. plays guitar and does backing vocal on this track.
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Aug 4, 20211 min read
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1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Dan Fogelberg released his seventh album The Innocent Age. Big hit singles, "Same Old Lang Syne" (#9), "Hard to Say" (#7), "Leader...
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Aug 3, 20211 min read
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1986 - 35 Years Ago
1986 Daryl Hall released a solo album Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine. "Dreamtime" (#5), "Foolish Pride" (#33), and "Someone...
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Aug 1, 20211 min read
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1981 - 40 Years Ago MTV!
Midnight 1981. Your TV would never be the same. MTV made it's debut. Here are the first two hours of programming. Mark Goodman was the...
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Jul 31, 20211 min read
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1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Eddie Rabbit released his seventh album Step by Step. The title track was a #5 Hot 100 crossover "Someone Could Lose A Heart...
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Jul 31, 20211 min read
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1981 - 40 Years Ago
1981 Journey released their seventh album Escape written as E5C4P3. Five singles were released, "Who's Crying Now" (#4 Hot 100 and...
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Jul 30, 20211 min read
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