Today in Music History - 1980: With a re-released "Modern Girl" reaching #8 in the UK, Sheena Easton becomes one of the few British female singers to place two songs in the Top 10 simultaneously ("9 To 5" is also on the charts.) In America, this didn't happen. "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" hit #1, "Modern Girl" only made #18.

Today in Music History - 1983: Vanessa Williams becomes the first Black woman crowned Miss America. She gives up the title the next year after naked photos of her appear in Penthouse. (shouldn't have stepped down!!!) She went on to be a beloved actress in Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives. Her music career peeked with her #1 smash "Save The Best For Last."

Today in Music History - Phil Collins. 1984:The TV series Miami Vice makes its debut with a two-hour episode that includes a scene featuring the Phil Collins hit "In The Air Tonight." 1988: Phil Collins lands his first leading role in a film, playing real-life criminal Buster Edwards in the box-office bomb Buster. Musically, the movie isn't a bust, with two #1 hits on the soundtrack: "A Groovy Kind Of Love" and "Two Hearts."

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.

Thursday 9/3/26 Celebrate: International Cabernet Sauvignon Day National Baby Back Ribs Day National Welsh Rarebit US Bowling League Day – Today is National Skyscraper Day. What are the tallest in the world? #1.Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE): Standing at a staggering 828 meters (2,717 feet) across 163 floors, the Burj Khalifa has held the title of the world's tallest building since its completion in 2010. #2. Merdeka 118 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia): Rising to 679 meters (2,227 feet)

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 - 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.

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!!!!

Monday 8/24/26 Celebrate: Can Opener Day International Strange Music Day National Knife Day National Peach Pie Day National Waffle Day Pluto Demoted Day - The International Astronomical Union voted to reclassify Pluto as a "dwarf planet," officially shrinking our solar system down to eight major planets and triggering a quarter-century of playground debates. Shooting Star Day Vesuvius Day Weather Complaint Day -- Weekend Box Office 1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day $39.0M (fourth

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 - 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."

Today in Music History - 1979, Chic's "Good Times" is in at #1 in America for one week. Of course it’s used later in the year for “Rapper’s Delight” which gets Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers a writing credit after they sue.

Today in Music History - 1979 Chic's "Good Times" went to #1. In a 2015 interview Rodgers stated that "Good Times" was partly inspired by the 1974 Kool & The Gang song "Hollywood Swinging". "Rapper's Delight" interpolates Chic's "Good Times", resulting in Chic's Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards threatening to sue Sugar Hill Records for copyright infringement; a settlement was reached that gave the two songwriting credits.

Today in Music History - 2002 Nelly becomes the fifth artist to replace himself at #1 on the Hot 100 when "Dilemma" takes the top spot from "Hot In Herre." (Band-Aid on face era) The ones before were Elvis, The Beatles, Boyz II Men, and P.Diddy/Puff Daddy.

Wednesday 8/12/26 Celebrate: Baseball Fans Day IBM PC Day International Youth Day National Julienne Fries Day National Middle Child Day National Sewing Machine Day Truck Driver Day Vinyl Record Day World Calligraphy Day World Elephant Day -- The Weeknd is here to stay. While there was a time when the Grammy winner thought he might drop his stage name, not anymore. “I tested retirement a little bit, and I don’t like the way it feels,” the artist told his concert audience Satur