April 23, 1977: Thelma Houston's disco plea "Don't Leave Me This Way" hit Number 1 in America.
“Don’t Leave Me This Way” was more than a year old by the time Thelma Houston got to it.
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more brave than me
more blond than you
e e cummings
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Friday, April 23, 2021
Music History Today: April 23, 2021
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Music History Today: April 12, 2021
April 12, 1975: Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom," named after the professional tennis team his friend Billie Jean King coaches, hit Number 1 on the Hot 100.
The Philadelphia of “Philadelphia Freedom” certainly sounds like an abstraction. Elton John usually took whatever lyrics his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin gave him, and then he fashioned those lyrics into songs.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Music History Today: December 3, 2020
December 3, 1982: Duran Duran released their first career single "Hungry Like The Wolf."
Written collectively by the members of Duran Duran and produced by Colin Thurston, “Hungry Like the Wolf” was recorded in the basement of EMI’s HQ in London, put together piece by piece, with each band member adding their respective part when they got there.
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