It’s Already Been Five Years: Bobby Helms “Jingle Bell Rock”
In the annual trip up Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart that Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock” has been taking in recent years, it has climbed to a peak position of number 3 several times. That...
Monthly Archive: January 2025
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Help! … It’s the Hair Bear Bunch
Help! … It’s the Hair Bear Bunch originally aired from 1971 to 1972 on CBS. Like many Hanna-Barbera productions, its theme song was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
It Happened 50 Years Ago: Elton John “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
Elton John has hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart nine times. Exactly 50 years ago, the third of those nine songs, his version of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” rose to...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Tangerine Dream “Le Parc”
Exactly 40 years ago, the television show Street Hawk began its fourteen-episode run on ABC. The show’s theme music was “Le Parc” by Tangerine Dream.
Daily Eighties Flashback: Billy Ocean “Love Is Forever”
Four songs from Billy Ocean‘s 1986 Love Zone album hit the Top 20 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1987, the last of those four hits, “Love Is Forever,” was in its...
Daily Eighties Flashback: George Harrison “Devil’s Radio”
Four songs from George Harrison‘s 1987 Cloud Nine album hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Album Rock Tracks chart. On this date in 1988, the second of those four songs, “Devil’s Radio,” was in...
25 Years Ago in the Aughts: Whitney Houston “My Love Is Your Love”
With New Year’s Day this year, we mark 25 years since the turn of the century and millennium. That also means we move from the final “25 Years Ago in the Nineties” last...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Bar-Kays “Do It (Let Me See You Shake)
Two songs from the Bar-Kays’ 1982 Propositions album hit the Top 20 on Billboard‘s Black Singles chart. On this date in 1983, the first of those two songs, “Do It (Let Me See You Shake),”...
