Music History Today: May 23, 2022

May 23, 1964: Barbra Streisand moved into Billboard's Top 40 section of their music chart, from Number 47 to 26, with "People."  

"People" was one of the first songs written for the musical score of Funny Girl.

Barbra Streisand

 

Music History Today: July 18, 2021

 July 18, 1980: The soundtrack to Honeysuckle Rose by Willie Nelson and Family was released

The soundtrack to Honeysuckle Rose is really a collection of songs by Willie Nelson and his Family band as well as a host of friends like Jody Payne, Johnny Gimble, Amy Irving, Hank Cochran, Jeannie Seely, Kenneth Threadgill, Dyan Cannon, and Emmylou Harris.

Honeysuckle Rose movie poster

Music History Today: January 30, 2021

January 30, 1988: INXS landed their first and only US Number 1 with "Need You Tonight" for one week.

Need You Tonight basically a musical booty call, with lines that could work if you're Michael Hutchence but would get the rest of us laughed out of the room.