June 30, 2014: "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor is released.
The first time Kevin Kadish and Meghan Trainor wrote a song together, they came up with one of the biggest pop hits of the decade.
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"All About That Bass" — which encourages listeners of all sizes to have a positive body image — became a global sensation in 2014, topping the charts in 58 countries. The song instantly landed Trainor a record deal, and she made sure to bring Kadish (who also produced the song) along for the ride.
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June 30, 1958: "Yakety Yak" by The Coasters was the new Number 1 R&B song.
“Yakety Yak” was a #1 hit song by The Coasters that landed on the 1958 R&B charts and the Top 100 pop hit list.
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| The Coasters 1957 |
In the 1950s, the line between the rock and roll, and the rhythm and blues genre was somewhat blurred. The fact that there were fewer sub-genres and the instrumentation used between the two were very similar was a heavy contributing factor.
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June 30, 1973: Dr. John is in the Top 10 when "Right Place, Wrong Time" peaks at Number 9 on the US Billboard music chart.
Before he died of a heart attack on June 6, 2019, New Orleans vocalist/instrumentalist/songwriter Mac Rebennack – better known as Dr. John – was a musician’s musician, a legend in artistic circles.
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He was probably best known as the outlandish voodoo dresser who cut “Right Place, Wrong Time,” the 1973 single that was almost a novelty song, and was a top ten success because of his idiosyncratic vocal, Allen Toussaint’s funky NOLA production, and the song’s offbeat lyrics.
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June 30, 1979: One of the first records to use a synthesized drum track, "Ring My Bell," reaches Number 1 in the US for Anita Ward.
One night in the middle of July 1979, a baseball game turned into a drunken anti-disco riot. There's been a great deal written about Chicago’s Disco Demolition Night.
Anita Ward The song that happened to be the #1 single in America on the evening of Disco Demolition Night was fun, frisky lightweight dance jam from an unknown singer on a tiny regional indie label. Anita Ward was working as an elementary school teacher when she recorded “Ring My Bell,” and she was still working as a teacher when it started climbing the charts.
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June 30, 1990: New Kids on the Block hit Number 1 with "Step By Step."
"Step by Step" by New Kids on the Block was the first single released from the album of the same name. It is the group's biggest-selling hit.
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| New Kids on the Block |
It was initially recorded by one of Maurice Starr's other groups, The Superiors and released as a single in 1987 on Motown Records. It was not successful. The New Kids cover of the song on the other hand was a huge worldwide hit, becoming one of the biggest selling singles of 1990. It spent three weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was eventually certified platinum.
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