Showing posts with label The Byrds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Byrds. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Music History Today: May 11, 2023

May 11, 2002: Eminem entered Billboard's Hot 100 more than halfway up the chart, at Number 44, with "Without Me." 
"Without Me" was Eminem's first single since his Marshall Mathers LP. He explains in the song that everything was dull and empty with him away, but he was now here to give people something to talk about.

Eminem
Eminem

Saturday, August 20, 2022

Music History Today: August 21, 2022

August 21, 1993: Blind Melon debuted on Billboard's Hot 100 with "No Rain."

Blind Melon is one of the seminal rock-n-roll bands that hit the radio in the post-Nirvana wave of the early 1990s, thanks to the memorable hit single “No Rain” and its equally memorable video.

Blind Melon
Blind Melon

Sunday, March 13, 2022

Music History Today: March 14, 2022

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. 

Collective Soul self-titled album

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Music History Today: September 10, 2020

September 10, 1977:; The album Rumours by Fleetwood Mac tied the existing Rock Era record with 18 weeks at Number 1, set in 1967 by the album More of the Monkees.  

"The Chain" was the only group-written song on Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album. The other 10 tracks were all penned individually either by Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, or Christine McVie.

Fleetwood Mac
Rumours photoshoot

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Music History Today: June 5, 2020

June 5, 1971: Grand Funk Railroad broke The Beatles' box office record by selling out Shea Stadium in 72 hours. 
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. 
Mark Farner
Mark Farner

Friday, May 15, 2020

Music History Today: May 15, 2020

May 17, 1976: The Rolling Stones' album Black and Blue hit Number 1 in America. From this album comes their ballad "Fool to Cry."  
Although the Rolling Stones now sing about their children and families as often as their stupid girlfriends, we still try to retain our old image of them, under our thumbs and out of our heads.