Thursday 6/9/26 Celebrate: Call of the Horizon Day Fashion Day National Don't Put all Your Eggs in One Omelet Day National Sugar Cookie Day – Happy Birthday, Billboard Hot 100! This is not from 1955. You find it! 1955 Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around The Clock" becomes the first Rock song to hit #1 on the Billboard Pop chart, where it stays for eight weeks. The song was originally released as the B-side of "Thirteen Women," but became a massive hit after it appeared in t

40 Years Ago - 1981 Foreigner released their fourth album 4. The number was not only their fourth album, but the band was now a foursome. The album was produced by Mutt Lange. "Urgent" has some synth work from a then unknown Thomas Dolby. The song made #4, #1 Mainstream Rock, and even #32 Club. "Waiting for a Girl Like You" peaked at #2, #1 Mainstream Rock, and #5 AC. "Juke Box Hero" charted #26 and #3 Mainstream Rock. Also #1 on my college dorm floor! "Break It Up" made #26

35 Years Ago - 1991 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their eighth album Into the Great Wide Open. Jeff Lynne of ELO was the producer just like Tom's last album Full Moon Fever. "Learning to Fly" spent six weeks at #1 Mainstream Rock, and peaked at #28 Hot 100 and #36 AC. "Into the Great Wide Open" made #4 Mainstream Rock and #92 Hot 100.

40 Years Ago - 1986 Communards released their self-titled debut album. This was Jimmy Somerville's second band after Bronski Beat. "Don't Leave Me This Way" features jazz singer Sarah Jane Morris and peaked at #40 (criminal!!!) and #1 Club. it is a cover of the #1 Thelma Houston 1976 original.

40 Years Ago - 1986 Madonna released her third album True Blue. With Confessions II coming out July 3rd it's good to revisit Madonna here. This album remains Madonna's best-selling studio album, the best-selling album of 1986, the best-selling album of the 1980s by a female artist, and one of the best-selling albums of all time, with sales exceeding 25 million copies worldwide. "Live to Tell" was also featured in her then husband Sean Penn's At Close Range and hit #1 Hot 100

40 Years Ago - 1986 Eurhythmics released their fifth album Revenge. "Missionary Man" was the fourth single released in the UK, first in America, where it peaked at #14, #1 Mainstream rock, #6 Club. It won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. "Thorn in My Side" made #68.

Monday 6/29/26 Celebrate: Feasts of Saints Peter and Paul Hug Holiday Day National Almond Buttercrunch Day National Camera Day National Darts Day National Waffle Iron Day Please Take My Children to Work Day -- The Weekend's Box Office 1. Toy Story 5 $70.0M 2. Supergirl $38.0M 3. Obsession $9.8M 4. Jackass: Best and Last $8.4M 5. Disclosure Day $8.1M -- Bird watchers (aka birders) in the U.S. spend just over $100 billion on traveling and equipment every year. Great app to get

30 Years Ago - 1996 Me'shell Ndegeocello released her second album Peace Beyond Passion. It went o to be her most commercially successful album. "Who Is He and What Is He to You" is a cover of a Bill Withers song and peaked at #1 Club and #34 R&B. "Leviticus: Faggot" peaked at #15 Club.

40 Years Ago - 1986 Wham! released their third and final studio album Music from the Edge of Heaven. This is a pared-down version of the "Final" greatest hits album. "I'm Your Man" peaked at #3, #13 AC, #42 Club, #55 R&B. "A Different Corner" made #7 and #6 AC. "The Edge of Heaven" features a guest appearance by Elton John on the Piano. It made #10, and #22 AC. "Where Did Your Heart Go?" is a cover of a Was (Not Was) song charting #50 and #33 AC. "Last Christmas" is included

35 Years Ago - 1991 Crystal Waters released her debut album Surprise. "Gypsy Woman" is regarded as one of the biggest classics of house music. It peaked at #8, #1 Club, #25 R&B/Hip Hop. "Makin' Happy" peaked #1 Club, #63 R&B, #58 Radio Songs.

40 Years Ago - 1986 Peter Cetera released his second solo album Solitude/Solitaire. "Glory of Love" is featured in The Karate Kid 2 movie and reached #1 Hot 100 and AC. "The Next Time I Fall" is a duet with Amy Grant. #1 again Hot 100 and AC. "Big Mistake" peaked at #61. "Only Love Knows Why" charted #24 AC.

Monday 6/22/26 National Chocolate Eclair Day National HVAC Tech Day National Onion Rings Day Stupid Guy Thing Day Take Your Cat to Work Day World Rainforest Day -- James Burrows, the legendary TV director/creator, has died at the age of 85. Burrows got his start in television relatively late at age 35 in 1974, directing episodes of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” and “Laverne & Shirley.” He co-created “Cheers,” directing 243 of the 273 episodes, as well

30 Years Ago - 1996 Toni Braxton released her second album Secrets. It was a worldwide smash! "You're Makin' Me High" peaked at #1 Hot 100, Club, and R&B. It also made #6 Pop Airplay, #2 Rhythmic Airplay and #28 Adult Pop Airplay. "Un-Break My Heart" won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and sold like hotcakes making it one of the best selling singles of all time. It was an 11 week #1. #1 also at AC, Club (even though it's about heartbreak, it's a killer danc

35 Years Ago - 1991 Van Halen released their ninth album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. The third to feature Sammy Hagar as lead vocalist. "Poundcake" peaked at #1 Mainstream Rock. "Top of the World" made #27 and #1 Mainstream Rock. "Right Now" made #55, #66 Radio Songs, #2 Mainstream Rock.

30 Years Ago - 1996 Robert Miles released his debut album Dreamland. America saw it a month later with a new track "One and One" "Children" is an epic instrumental and is one of the best dance songs ever! It peaked at #21, #23 AC, #17 Pop Airplay, #32 Rhythmic, and #1 Club! "Fable" made #1 Club. "One and One" charted #54, #40 Rhythmic, #1 Club.

35 Years Ago - 1991 Siouxsie and the Banshees released their tenth album Superstition. "Kiss Them for Me" was their first top 40 hit in the US. It peaked at #23, #1 Alternative Airplay, #8 Club. "Shadowtime" charter #13 Mainstream Rock. "Fear (of the Unknown)" made #12 Mainstream Rock and #6 Club.

40 Years Ago - 1986 Genesis released their thirteenth album Invisible Touch. Genesis became the first band and foreign act to have five singles from one album reach the top five on the US Billboard Hot 100, with "Invisible Touch" being their first and only song to reach No. 1 on the charts. "Invisible Touch" also made #3 AC, #1 Mainstream Rock. "Throwing It All Away" charted #4, #1 AC and Mainstream Rock. "In Too Deep" peaked at #3, #1 AC, #25 Mainstream Rock. "Land of Confu

25 Years Ago - 2001 Alicia Keys released her debut album Songs in A Minor. The album won the Grammy for Best R&B Album. "Fallin'" peaked at #1 Hot 100 R&B/Hip Hop, and Pop Airplay, #24 AC, #14 Adult Pop Airplay. "A Woman's Worth" made #7, #3 R&B, #16 Pop Airplay, #10 Rhythmic "How Come You Don't Call Me" charted #59, #30 R&B., #34 Pop Airplay, #23 Rhythmic. "Girlfriend" made #82 R&B.

45 Years Ago - 1981 George Harrison released his ninth album Somewhere in England. "All Those Years Ago" serves as a tribute to John Lennon who was murdered in 1980. Ringo Starr played drums, and Paul McCartney (along with his Wings bandmates Linda McCartney and Denny Laine) overdubbed backing vocals onto the basic track. The son got stuck at #2 behind "Bette Davis Eyes" and #1 AC. "Teardrops" made #51 Mainstream Rock.

40 Years Ago - 1986 Steve Winwood released his fourth album Back in the High Life. It won a Grammy for Best Engineered Non-Classical Album and was his biggest record at that time. "Higher Love" was his first #1 and earned 2 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. It also made #7 AC and #1 Mainstream Rock. Whitney Houston covered it in 1990 as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of I'm Your Baby Tonight and Kygo remixed it in 2019 for a #1 C