more brave than me
more blond than you
e e cummings
May 6, 1995: "I Believe" by Blessid Union Of Souls peaked at Number 8 in the US.
Blessid Union Of Souls' frontman Eliot Sloan wrote "I Believe" after his girlfriend's father coerced her into breaking up with him by threatening to cut off her college tuition.
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March 14, 1995: Collective Soul released their self-titled album and the track "December" as a single.
Straddling a line between '80s arena rock and jangling, '90s alternative pop, their Collective Soul's debut album was a pleasant affair that became a multi-platinum smash.
February 7, 1985: The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) album was released in Los Angeles, California.
Any fan of John Hughes or '80s teen culture remembers the soundtrack to The Breakfast Club for one reason: Simple Minds' stone classic "Don't You (Forget About Me)."
February 6, 1993: "Man On The Moon" by R.E.M. started its climb up the US Hot 100 chart.
In the early nineties, America was rich with rock talent. While Nirvana had begun their journey toward the sun and Pearl Jam were equally as imposing across the globe, one band stood out among the rest— R.E.M.
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It finally happened. A rap song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1979, the Sugarhill Gang made “Rapper’s Delight” It went top-10 in a bunch of countries and peaked at #36 on the Hot 100.
Chapman wrote “Talkin’ ‘Bout A Revolution,” and she released it as the second single from her 1988 self-titled debut album. The song paints a picture of discontent and hope:
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March 12, 1966: The theme song to the TV series Batman reached its chart peak of Number 17.
Shortly before Batman premiered in January 1966, jazz composer and arranger Neal Hefti was enlisted to pen the theme to the new show.
Batman and Robin in 1966 TV series
January 16, 1986: ABBA performed together for the last time at a show honoring their manager Stig Anderson on the Swedish TV show This Is Your Life.
ABBA, the acronym derived from the first names of band members Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad, started off as a 1970 Swedish cabaret act named Festfolk.
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September 19, 1943: Cass Elliot (of The Mamas & The Papas) is born Ellen Naomi Cohen in Baltimore, Maryland.
Cass Elliot, aka Mama Cass, was part of the group The Mamas and the Papas. Their song, Creeque Alley,tells about the events leading to the 1965 formation of The Mamas and the Papas.
Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart wrote the song after the their band, the Tourists, had broken up and they formed Eurythmics. Although the two of them also broke up as a couple, they continued to work together.
On the chorus of “Fire And Rain,” his 1970 breakout single, James Taylor sings, “I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend.”
Grand Funk Railroad's sold-out show at New York's Shea Stadium on July 9, 1971, is famous for selling its 55,000 tickets in 72 hours, faster than the Beatles had in August 1965.
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