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July 1, 2000: Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert had a crossover hit when "I Hope You Dance" moved into the Billboard's Top 40.
“I Hope You Dance,” recorded by Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert, and written by Tia Sillers and Mark D. Sanders, was one of 2000’s most successful singles in several genres, and is one of only a handful of songs in the past two decades that can truly be considered a classic.
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| Lee Ann Womack |
June 30, 2007: Amy Winehouse had her only American Top 10 hit when "Rehab" peaked at Number 9 in the US.
Though she made a lot of great music, Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab” is her most famous song.
June 29, 1968: Johnny Cash had a cross-over hit when "Folsom Prison Blues" moved into the American Top 40. It would peak one spot higher, at Number 32.
Madonna’s True Blue was her third album, but it was the first one she made when she was already a massive star.
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| Madonna |
"Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" fell in the middle of a remarkable seven-song run of US #1 hits for Whitney Houston that were spread across her first two albums.
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| Whitney Houston |
"Alejandro" by Lady Gaga, the third single released from The Fame Monster EP, was inspired by her "Fear of Sex Monster".
June 25, 1988: Prince peaked at Number 8 on the US music chart with "Alphabet Street" from his Lovesexy album.
"Alphabet Steet," the first single from Prince's 1988 album, was the LP's only top 10 single.
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| Prince Lovesexy cover |
Unlike most young guys who gravitate towards the latest rock or rap trend, Michael Bublé chose to study the classic works of pop vocal masters like Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra while slowly developing his own technique and career as a vocal interpreter.
June 22, 1974: David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" peaked at Number 64 in the US.
Originally planned in late 1973 as part of an aborted Ziggy Stardust musical, "Rebel Rebel" was Bowie's last single in his signature glam rock style.
As the title suggests, John’s song is purely autobiographical, a style that he would go on to develop when he began recording his solo albums during the early 1970s.
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| The Cure |
June 18, 1976: Rod Stewart released the album A Night on the Town.
Taking a cue from Atlantic Crossing, which divided its two LP sides into fast and slow songs, Rod Stewart structured A Night on the Town similarly.
June 16, 1979: Donna Summer's album Bad Girls hit Number 1 in the US.
Every producer/DJ has the dream of creating an album like Donna Summer’s Bad Girls—whether they admit it or not.
Closer to Home, Grand Funk's third album, was the record that really broke them through to the commercially successful level of metal masters such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
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| Grand Funk Railroad |
Rap’s underground/mainstream schism dates to the moment Puff Daddy’s performative act of mourning took over the Hot 100 and became, quite possibly, the biggest rap hit in history to that point.
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| Puff Daddy |
"Too Funky" finds George Michael propositioning someone he would like to have sex with.
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| George Michael |
June 12, 1999: Jennifer Lopez's first single, "If You Had My Love," took the top of the US music chart.
"If You Had My Love" is the debut single by Jennifer Lopez. It was the lead single from her debut studio album, On the 6.
Waking from his sleep, Brandon Flowers had a feeling that his girlfriend was seeing someone else, headed to a local Las Vegas pub the Crown and Anchor, and saw it for himself.
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| Brandon Flowers |
June 10, 1967: "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)" by Scott McKenzie made a big move, from 55 to 32, into the American Top 40.
"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" by Scott McKenzie was produced and released in May 1967 by Phillips and Lou Adler to promote their Monterey International Pop Music Festival held in June of that year.
Group leader Beyoncé Knowles came up with the "Bootylicious" title and helped write this song.
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| Destiny’s Child |
June 8, 1996: Metallica's "Until It Sleeps" debuts on Billboard's Hot 100 single's chart at Number 10, where it peaks.
Like much of Metallica's 1996 album Load, the lead single, "Until It Sleeps," was unlike anything the band had attempted before.
June 7, 2003: A cover of Alice Cooper's "School's Out" by Krokus entered the US Top 100 singles at Number 85.
Krokus is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Switzerland.
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| Krokus |
June 6, 2009: "Don't Stop Believin'" from the pilot episode of the TV show Glee debuted at Number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Glee focused on a high school show choir, also known as a glee club, set within the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio.
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| Cast of Glee |
“Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk” is a song about walking a tightrope, but it’s more between having a grand time and losing yourself in the gutter.
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| Rufus Wainwright |
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" was released from Michael Jackson's album Thriller as its fourth single and became Jackson's fourth consecutive top 10 single from the LP.
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| Michael Jackson |
"Patience" by Guns N' Roses was released as a single in 1989. The song is considered a classic hair metal ballad.
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| Axl Rose 1989 |
June 1, 1991: Queensryche peaked at Number 9 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart with "Silent Lucidity."
"Silent Lucidity" by Queensrÿche was the biggest hit for the band.
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| Queensrÿche |
