Daily Eighties Flashback: Jody Watley “Don’t You Want Me”
Three songs from Jody Watley‘s self-titled 1987 debut solo album hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date that year, the second of that trio of hits, “Don’t You Want...
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Daily Eighties Flashback: Led Zeppelin “Ozone Baby”
Three songs from Led Zeppelin‘s 1982 Coda album made appearances on Billboard‘s Top Rock Album Tracks chart. On this date that year, one of the first two of those songs, “Ozone Baby,” rose to a...
Daily Eighties Flashback: John Anderson “Black Sheep”
John Anderson hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot Country Singles chart five times. Exactly 40 years ago, the third of those five songs, “Black Sheep,” rose to the top of the chart for one...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Kiss “Hide Your Heart”
Three songs from Kiss‘ 1989 Hot in the Shade album made appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date that year, the first of that trio of songs, “Hide Your Heart,” rose to a...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Billy Hinsche and Stu Phillips “Theme from Automan”
Exactly 40 years ago today, Automan began its twelve-episode run on ABC. The show’s theme music was composed by Billy Hinsche and Stu Phillips.
Daily Eighties Flashback: Whitney Houston “Thinking About You”
Whitney Houston scored four Top 5 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart from her self-titled debut album, and in the process began a record-breaking streak of seven consecutive Hot 100 singles reaching number one....
Daily Eighties Flashback: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band “The Horizontal Bop”
Four songs from Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band’s 1980 Against the Wind album made appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date that year, the last of those four songs, “The Horizontal...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Survivor “Poor Man’s Son”
Survivor hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart eight times. On this date in 1981, the first of those eight songs, “Poor Man’s Son,” rose to a peak position of number 33.
Daily Eighties Flashback: Elvis Presley “The Elvis Medley”
Amid the early 1980s’ trend of combining snippets a number of early rock ‘n’ roll hits into one track, various pieces of Elvis Presley songs were put together as “The Elvis Medley.” On...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Janie Fricke “Tell Me a Lie”
Two songs from Janie Fricke‘s 1983 Love Lies album hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot Country Singles chart. Exactly 40 years ago, the first of that pair of songs, “Tell Me a Lie,” rose to...
