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.

Friday 8/28/26 Celebrate: Crackers Over the Keyboard Day Forgive Your Foe Friday International Read Comics in Public Day National Bow Tie Day National Cherry Turnovers Day National Power Rangers Day National Thoughtful Day Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day Radio Commercial Day Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day Red Wine Day Saturday According to Hoyle Day - game rules Chop Suey Day Individual Rights Day Lemon Juice Day More Herbs, Less Salt Day National Sport Sampling Day Nati

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!

Thursday 8/27/26 Celebrate: Just Because Day Kiss Me Day National Banana Lovers Day National Petroleum Day Tarzan Day Thoughtful Thursday World Rock Paper Scissors Day -- Tim Curry, the actor celebrated for his roles as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and Pennywise the Clown in the 1990 version of "It," has died. He was 80. Throughout his more than five-decade career, Curry endeared himself to family audiences playing patriarch Gome

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

Wednesday 8/26/26 Celebrate: Make Your Own Luck Day Musical Yoga Day National Cherry Popsicle Day National Dog Day National Got Checked Day National McChicken Day National Toilet Paper Day National WebMistress Day Willing-To-Lend-A-Hand Wednesday -- Legendary singer-songwriter and country music icon Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Dolly in 1976 and 2001 Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, revealed the news in an Instagram video the same day. Parton shared an update on her healt

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.

Tuesday 8/25/26 Celebrate: Kiss and Make Up Day National Banana Split Day National Park Service Founders Day National Second-Hand Wardrobe Day National Whiskey Sour Day Touch-A-Heart Tuesday -- On social media, someone said: “We just installed our new dishwasher, and this thing is WiFi enabled. It’s got its own app, and now I have to name the appliance. My husband didn’t seem too thrilled with ‘Dishco Inferno,' so I’m taking suggestions.” The comments: Lord of the Rinse Dish

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 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."

Friday 8/21/26 Celebrate: National Brazilian Blowout Day National Kool-Aid Day National Men's Grooming Day National Senior Citizens Day National Spumoni Day - While spumoni is a beloved Italian classic, food historians note that it is actually the direct ancestor of the famous American Neapolitan ice cream (chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry), which adapted the layered concept when it arrived in the U.S. National Sweet Tea Day (yuck) Poet's Day Saturday Be an Angel Day Nation

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.

Thursday 8/20/26 Celebrate: International Day of Medical Transporters International Hawaiian Pizza Day National Accessible Air Travel Day National Bacon Lover's Day National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day National Hazy IPA Day National Lemonade Day National Radio Day Virtual Worlds Day World Mosquito Day – With people living longer, plastic surgery among those 65 and older continues to grow. Each year, the 65+ crowd in the US has over 90,000 surgical procedures and over 600,000 mini

Today in Music History - 2008 - After two years performing in the New York City club scene, 22-year-old Lady Gaga releases her debut album, The Fame, a look at how fame is all about attitude. Featuring "Just Dance" and "Poker Face."

Wednesday 8/19/26 Celebrate: Black Cow Root Beer Float Day - which in many locations is simply another name for a root beer float—a drink consisting of root beer and vanilla ice cream. They are sometimes called chocolate cows or brown cows when chocolate ice cream is used in place of vanilla. In some locations, a black or brown cow is made with cola instead of root beer. In other locations, root beer and ice cream are mixed together, instead of the ice cream sitting on top. I

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.