March 27, 1965: Shirley Bassey topped out on the US music chart at Number 8 with the theme song from the James Bond film Goldfinger.
more brave than me
more blond than you
e e cummings
Showing posts with label Moody Blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moody Blues. Show all posts
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Music History Today: November 10, 2022
November 10, 2008: Coldplay was the biggest-selling act of 2008 at the World Music Awards held in Monaco and won the Rock Act Of The Year award.
Saturday, October 1, 2022
Music History Today: October 2, 2022
October 2, 1999: "Scar Tissue" by Red Hot Chili Peppers peaked at Number 9 on the US music chart.
Californication was the Red Hot Chili Peppers' seventh album, and their most commercially successful.
Sunday, June 12, 2022
Music History Today: June 13, 2022
June 13, 1992: George Michael debuted more than halfway up Billboard's Hot 100, at Number 41, with "Too Funky."
"Too Funky" finds George Michael propositioning someone he would like to have sex with.
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| George Michael |
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Music History Today: January 19, 2022
January 19, 1980: Bette Midler's cover of "When a Man Loves a Woman," from the soundtrack of The Rose, entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Paul A. Rothchild produced the final Janis Joplin studio album, Pearl, as well as many a Doors disc.
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Music History Today: July 23, 2021
July 23, 1983: The British ska and pop band Madness had a US hit when "Our House" peaked at Number 7 on the Billboard singles chart.
Madness were one of the leading bands of the UK ska revival of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s.
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| Madness |
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Music History Today: July 19, 2021
July 19, 1975: Sweet powered up the chart from Number 60 to 49 with "Ballroom Blitz."
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| The Sweet |
Sunday, July 4, 2021
Music History Today: July 5, 2021
July 5, 1986: "Your Wildest Dreams" by the Moody Blues took over at Number 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
“Your Wildest Dreams” is a single from The Moody Blues’ 1986 LP “The Other Side of Life.”
Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues
Monday, May 3, 2021
Music History Today: May 4, 2021
May 4, 1999: Smash Mouth released "All Star" as the first single from their album Astro Lounge.
After the initial success of their debut single, "Walkin’ On The Sun," Smash Mouth returned to the studio to record the follow-up to 1997’s Fush You Mang at their new home on the major label Interscope.
Smash Mouth
Monday, November 9, 2020
Music History Today: November 10, 2020
November 10, 1983: Billy Idol releases the LP Rebel Yell.
Years before Nirvana or Green Day supposedly broke punk rock to the mainstream, a peroxide-spiked British singer dubbed Billy Idol arguably accomplished the same feat with Rebel Yell.
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| Billy Idol |
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