Happy Birthday Siobhan Fahey! Of Bananarama and Shakespeare's Sister fame. "Love in the First Degree," with lyrics written by her, was the follow-up to "I Heard a Rumour." It made #3 in the UK and #10 on the US Club Chart, but only #48 on the Hot 100. It's another Stock, Aitken, Waterman production.

Today in Music History - 2004: The Oxford English Dictionary adds the word Bootylicious, defined as "(of a woman) sexually attractive." Thanks, Destiny's Child.

Today in Music History - 1997: The first episode of the legal dramedy Ally McBeal airs on FOX. Vonda Shepard, an unknown singer, catches her big break when she sings the theme song "Searchin' My Soul." Shepard also becomes a series regular, playing a lounge singer who gives voice to Ally's troubles through music at the end of each episode. Do you remember the Dancing Baby in the show? Here's when Ally confronts it. This is Vonda Shepard doing the vocal. Here's the Blue Swede

Today in Music History - 1986: Bananarama's cover of "Venus" hits #1 in the US. The song marks the group's first collaboration with the up-and-coming production team Stock, Aitken and Waterman.

Today we celebrate Terry Ellis's Birthday!! As part of En Vogue, they scored more No. 1 singles on the US R&B chart than any other female group other than the Supremes. This song was off of their second album Funky Divas and peaked at #1 R&B, #6 Hot 100.

Today in Music History is all about Simon Cowell. In 2002, Kelly Clarkson beats Justin Guarini to win the first American Idol. Simon was the grumpy judge. The show was a summer smash! In 2004 Simon Cowell's music competition show The X Factor debuts in the UK. It quickly becomes a star-making machine, with Little Mix, Leona Lewis, Olly Murs and One Direction emerging from the show. The American version of The X Factor debuts in 2011; their biggest success story is Fifth Harmo

1990, George Michael releases his second solo album, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. Looking to avoid the pitfalls that overwhelmed him after his debut Faith, Michael refuses to tour in support of the album and won't appear in the music videos. The album gives us this #8 smash with the video directed by David Fincher.

Today in Music History - 1995: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum opened in Cleveland, Ohio. Opening ceremony performances by Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Al Green, The Allman Brothers Band, Booker T. & the MG's, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, The Pretenders, John Fogerty, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, George Clinton, The Kinks, John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, The Animals' Eric Burdon, and Boz Scaggs. (Wow) if you have never been and are a

Today in Music History 1984 - Tina Turner completes her comeback as "What's Love Got To Do With It" hits #1 in America. It came from, at the time, the 44 year old singer's fifth album Private Dancer. It was the second biggest song of the year behind Prince's "When Doves Cry." It received three awards at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Trivia: It was originally offered to Cliff Richard, but he rejected

1988 - INXS land their first and only US #1 with "Need You Tonight." It was the lead off single from their sixth album Kick. I feel it needs to be with "Mediate" for the complete song. For that parts video, it segues into a tribute to Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues". The members flip cue cards with words from the song; the last one displays the words "Sax Solo," at which point Kirk Pengilly starts a saxophone solo. The video won five MTV Video Music Awards including

Today in Music History 2011 - Former teen stars Tiffany and Debbie Gibson team up to star in the movie Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid, which airs on the Syfy network. They had a couple of catfights. (ridiculous as you can imagine) At one point after running from....something...they paused, and this happened. Debbie - I think we're alone now Tiffany - There doesn't seem to be around now... Which are the lyrics of the Tiffany song.

Today in Music History - 1984: Thanks to a ban by the BBC, "Relax," the debut single from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, hits #1 in the UK. In America, the #1 song is "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" by Yes. Both songs are produced by Trevor Horn, making him the first producer with #1s simultaneously in both territories with different acts.

1976 - 50 Years Ago The Bee Gees were sitting atop the Billboard Dance Chart with "You Should Be Dancing." It spent 7 weeks at #1. It also made #1 Hot 100 and #4 R&B. The song was used in Saturday Night Fever in the classic lighted dance floor scene where John Travolta shows his moves.

Two big stars got their stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1986 Tina Turner received hers. 2018 Weird Al Yankovic received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. At the ceremony, he tells the crowd, "My name is gonna be walked on, spit on, and let's face it ... urinated on for generations to come. That's a legacy, my friends." Always Daring to be Stupid!!! Thanks, Al!!!! Everyone loves you!

Today in Music History 1978 we were in the grip of GreaseMania! It hit the box office in June 21st, and hit #1 it's second week on June 28th and was #1 till July 20th. (Star Wars was rereleased and hit #1 again but Grease still performed well.) The soundtrack was a smash as well, giving us four top 5s and 2 #1s, including the one that hit #1 today in 1978. Frankie Valli and the title track "Grease." The Bee Gees still flying high from Saturday Night Fever touched gold again w

Today in Music History - Happy Birthday to Greg Jacobs..better known as Shock G and Humpty Hump with Digital Underground. We all did "The Humpty Dance," which made a protest about the uniformity among successful rappers of the time, the song was a #1 Rap song, made #11 Hot 100, and #7 on the R&B Chart. "The Humpty Dance" is Shock G's second song to feature his alter-ego "Humpty Hump," who debuted on "Doowutchyalike" which was Digital Underground's first video release in 1989.

Today in Music History 1999 - 18-year-old Christina Aguilera releases her self-titled debut album, which includes three #1 hits: "Genie in a Bottle," "What a Girl Wants" and "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)." It ushers in a new era of teen pop alongside her former Mickey Mouse Club star, Britney Spears. * A Genie, you perv!!!!

Today in Music History 1949 - Paging Dr. Noah Drake, Paging Dr. Drake. Rick Springfield is born in New South Wales, Australia. He has been making music since 1971, but it wasn't until "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 that we really heard of him in this country. His follow-up to that #1 was a song written by Sammy Hagar in 1978 (it didn't chart for him in the US), "I've Done Everything For You." It made #8. Note: Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar's soon-to-be husband, was guitarist and bassis

Today in Music History 1981 - "Girls On Film" hits #5 in the UK, giving Duran Duran their breakthrough hit in Britain. It does not chart on its US release, but surges in popularity after its music video goes into heavy rotation on MTV. The clip, directed by Godley and Creme, has to be heavily edited for TV as it was only intended to be played in nightclubs and features adult themes and nudity.

Today in Music History - 1977, The Emotions were sitting at #1 in the US with the disco track "Best Of My Love" for the first of five weeks. It’s not a remake of the same-titled song by the Eagles from two years earlier. It won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Recently, it was sampled by Paul Russell for "'Lil Boo Thang."