On this day in 1980: Lipps Inc. went to #1 on the U.S. singles chart with ‘Funkytown’. The disco hit was also a #1 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Australia and The Netherlands. It reached #2 in the U.K. On this day in 1986: Peter Gabriel scored his second solo U.K #1 album with ‘So’ […]
Tag: 1986
This Day In Music, May 30th
On this day in 1986: Whitney Houston was enjoying her third and final week at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with ‘The Greatest Love Of All.’ Whitney would slip to #3 the following week and lose her #1 spot to Madonna’s ‘Live To Tell.’ One of the biggest chart movers on this day back […]
This Day In Music, May 24th
On this day in 1980: Genesis fans who showed up up at the Roxy Club box office in Los Angeles to buy tickets for an upcoming gig were surprised to find the band members Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford selling the tickets themselves! On this day in 1986: Whitney Houston was enjoying her […]
This Day In Music, May 17th
On this day in 1986: Whitney Houston started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart with ‘The Greatest Love Of All’, the singer’s third US #1, a #8 hit in the UK. ‘The Greatest Love of All’ was written by Michael Masser , who composed the music, and Linda Creed who wrote the […]
This Day In Music, May 10th
On this day in 1985: The all female group The Go-Go’s announced they were breaking up. Two of the members went on to enjoy solo success, (Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin) and the group reformed in the late 90s. On this day in 1986: Falco was at #1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Rock […]
This Day In Music, May 6th
On this day in 1986: The Pet Shop Boys were enjoying the top spot on the U.S. singles chart with ‘West End Girls’. ‘West End Girls’ would only spend one week at #1, as Whitney Houston’s ‘Greatest Love of All’ would take the top spot on May 10th. The first version of ‘West End Girls’ […]
This Day In Music, May 3rd
On this day in 1980: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band started a six week run at #1 on the U.S. album chart with ‘Against The Wind’. Also on this day in 1980: Dexy’s Midnight Runners were at #1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Geno’, a song written about US soul singer Geno […]
This Day In Music, April 19th
On this day in 1980: R.E.M. played their first gig as R.E.M. at the 11:11 Koffee Club, Athens, Georgia to 150 people. The show ended at 2am when police closed it down due to the venue being unlicensed. Here’s a concert clip from about a year later…. Also on this day in 1980: 32 year […]
This Day In Music, April 13th
On this day in 1986: Falco’s three week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart came to an end. The single became the only German language song to peak at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it hit #1 on March 29, 1986. It topped the singles charts on both sides of the Atlantic. […]