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1/7/26 - Save Money Like It's The Past, We Really Are Stupid, and Quicksand is Making A Comeback
Wednesday 1/7/26 Celebrate: Distaff Day Harlem Globetrotter's Day I'm Not Going to Take it Anymore Day International Programmers' Day National Bobblehead Day National Olf Rock Day National Pass Gas Day National Tempura Day -- Are we this stupid??? McDonald’s says a federal class-action lawsuit claiming it misled millions by marketing the McRib as real pork rib “distorts the facts.” The 45-page complaint, filed on December 23, 2025, takes issue with the product’s name and pre
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Jan 73 min read


1996- #1 Dance Song - Beautiful Life - Ace of Base
30 Years Ago - 1996 the #1 Dance song today was "Beautiful Life" by Ace of Base. It also made #15 Hot 100.
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Jan 61 min read


1/6/26 - Football, Health Trend, and Big Fish
Tuesday 1/6/26 Celebrate: Apple Tree Day Cuddle Up Day National Bean Day National King Cake Day National Shortbread Day National Smith Day National Take a Poet to Lunch Day National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day National Technology Day Epiphany - some say today is the day that the Magi (three kings) visited Jesus. – The Critics' Choice Awards were on Sunday, and the big winners were. Best Picture - One Battle After Another Best Comedy - The Naked Gun Best Actor - Timothee
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Jan 63 min read


1986 - Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
40 Years Ago - 1986 T he Fabulous Thunderbirds released their fifth album Tuff Enuff. The title track was featured in the movies Gung Ho and Tough Guys and made #10 and #4 Mainstream Rock. "Wrap It Up" also was in Tough Guys and made #50.
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Jan 51 min read


1/5/26 - Routine! and The Critics' Choice Award Winners.
Monday 1/5/26 Celebrate: George Washington Carver Day National "Thank God It's Monday" Day National Bird Day National Keto Day National Screenwriters Day National Weigh-In Day National Whipped Cream Day – Weekend Box Office 1. Avatar: Fire and Ash $40 million 2. Zootopia 2 $19 million 3. The Housemaid $15.2 million 4. Marty Supreme $12.5 million 5. Anaconda $10 million Horror Film Primate, Suspense film Greenland 2: Migration, and the 40th Anniversary re-release of Labyr
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Jan 53 min read


1991 - #1 Dance Song - Power of Love - Deee-Lite
1991 - #1 Dance song was "Power of Love" by Deee-Lite. The follow-up to the massive "Groove is in the Heart" made #47 on the Hot 100 and #54 R&B.
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Jan 41 min read


1981 - Wild Eyed Southern Boys - 38 Special
45 Years Ago - 1981 38 Specia l released their fourth album Wild-Eyed Southern Boys. "Hold On Loosley" peaked at #27 and #3 Mainstream Rock "Fantasy Girl" made #52 and #30 Mainstream Rock. "Wild-Eyed Southern boys made #35 Mainstream Rock.
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Jan 31 min read


1/3/26 - Banished Words, What's Next After Stranger Things, and Resolutions
Saturday 1/3/26 Celebrate: Saturday Festival of Sleep Day Fruitcake Toss Day (in the garbage) Humiliation Day J.R.R. Tolkien Day National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day National Drinking Straw Day National Write to Congress Day (don't swear) Women Rock! Day Sunday Dimpled Chad Day Free Flower Basket Day National Spaghetti Day National Trivia Day Pop Music Chart Day Tom Thumb Day World Braille Day World Hypnotism Day -- Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overuse
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Jan 32 min read


1986 - #1 Dance Song - Baby Talk - Alisha
40 Years Ago - #1 Dance Song 1986 - "Baby Talk" by Alisha. It only made #68 Hot 100 and #75 R&B.
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Jan 21 min read


1/2/26 - Public Domain, Chocolate, and Pound Cake
Friday 1/2/26 Celebrate: 55 MPH Speed Limit Day Happy Mew Year for Cats Day National Buffet Day National Cream Puff Day National Motivation and Inspiration Day National Personal Trainer Awareness Day National Run it Up the flagpole and See if Anybody Salutes it Day National Science Fiction Day - celebrated on this date to honor the birthday of the legendary Isaac Asimov. Swiss Cheese Day World Introvert Day -- A new consumer study found that 74% of people are refusing to star
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Jan 23 min read


#1 Dance Song - 1981 - Celebration - Kool & The Gang
Happy New Year!! New Year, New Anniversary Years. 1976 81, 86, 91, 96, 2001 etc. My stats these years: 1976, I was in Sodus NY.. I was in the 7th & 8th grades. I would turn 13 in November. WKFM out of Syracuse and WHAM out of Rochester were what I was listening to. I'm not really sure if I was listening to WHFM or WMJQ from Rochester yet. 1981, I was in Sodus NY, listening to Rochester and Syracuse radio. I was a senior and would graduate from high school in June and start a
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Jan 11 min read


1/1/2026 - Happy New Year with Traditions!
Thursday 1/1/2026 New Year's Day!!! Celebrate: Apple Gifting Day Commitment Day Copyright Law Day & Public Domain Day Ellis Island Day Euro Day Global Family Day National Black-eyed Pea Day National Bloody Mary Day National First-Foot Day National Hangover Day Polar Bear Swim Day World Day of Peace Z Day - was created "to give recognition on the first day of the year to all persons and places whose names begin with the letter Z and who are always listed or thought of last in
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Jan 12 min read


Dance Mix - New Year's Eve Party
Let's New Year's Eve Party!!!!! Find it here at House-Mixes.com
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Dec 311 min read


2025 - #1 Song of the Year
2025 - #1 for the year according to Billboard Magazine is "Die With A Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. Kudos to Bruno for also showing up at #9 with ROSE for "APT." Globally, "Die.." came in at #2 behind Rose's song. It became the longest-reigning daily number-one song in Spotify history, the most viral track of 2024, the fastest track to surpass 3 billion streams on the platform and Spotify's most-streamed song of 2025. It also became one of the longest-reigning number-o
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Dec 31, 20251 min read


12/31/25 - Happy New Years Eve!
Wednesday 12/31/25 New Year's Eve (at least a 5 can be made into a 6 easily! and thank heaven's that we aren't going 2026 to 2027 this year (the 6-7 meme should be dead by next year!)) Celebrate: Hogmanay - the Scottish New Year celebration. Coinciding with New Year's Eve, it started during ancient pagan times, and may have stemmed from Norse and Gaelic observances—its roots may be in the Winter Solstice and Yule celebrations marked by the Norse, and it may have brought in c
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Dec 31, 20254 min read


Dance Mix - 2025 - The Best Of!
Here we go. Starting with my top 5 from #5 to #1. Then some of the others I enjoyed this year! Find it here on House-Mixes.com
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Dec 30, 20251 min read


12/30/25 - My #1 Song of the Year
My #1 for the year is a song that hung around the most. It was a Lady Gaga year with the glorious Mayhem album featuring "Abracadabra." It has received four nominations for the upcoming 68th Annual Grammy Awards, including Record and Song of the Year. Siouxsie and the Banshees members Susan Janet Ballion, Peter Edward Clarke, Steven Severin, and John McGeoch received songwriting credits, as it incorporates elements from their 1981 single "Spellbound". It made #13, #27 AC, #1
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Dec 30, 20251 min read


12/30/25 - Vibe Coating and Phone Free Issue
Tuesday 12/30/25 Celebrate: Bacon Day Falling Needles Family Fest Day Festival of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute Naitonal Bicarbonate of Soda Day -- The internet is currently divided over Martha Stewart’s "bagel habit," and it is surprisingly fierce. A simple post about how she prepares her morning bagel has sparked a debate so intense that some commenters are jokingly saying she should "go back to jail" for her topping choices. It’s proof that nothing triggers people li
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Dec 30, 20253 min read


12/29/25 - My #2 Song of the Year
My #2 for the year was almost #1. Love this so much. Gone Gone Gone by David Guetta w/Teddy Swims and Tones & I Teddy Swims is in my mix by himself but this dance song is killer! And where has Tones & I been?? She smashes it out of the park! It peaked (so far) at #91, #26 AC, #9 Adult Pop Airplay, #1 Dance/Mix Show Airplay, #14 Pop Airplay. The dance mix is good in its own right! Sampling versions of "Hold That Sucker Down." I still think there is another song that it reminds
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Dec 29, 20251 min read


12/29/25- Chores, Renewable Energy Rules, and Relatable Live Event!
Monday 12/29/25 Celebrate: National "Get on the Scales" Day National Pepper Pot Day Still Need to Do Day Tick Tock Day -- Weekend Box Office: Avatar: Fire and Ash $64.0M Zootopia 2 $20.0M Marty Supreme $15.6M The Housemaid $15.4M Anaconda $14.6M -- According to a study that calculated the adult portion of the human race’s collective weight, humanity is 17 million tons overweight. -- In a world of high-octane entertainment, hundreds of people in Wellington, New Zealand, gat
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Dec 29, 20252 min read

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