On this day in 1987: Whitney Houston became the first women in U.S. history to enter the album chart at #1 with ‘Whitney’. She also became the first woman to top the singles chart with four consecutive releases when ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ hit #1. The album produced five Top 10 U.S. singles. Whitney’s first […]
Tag: 1987
This Day In Music, June 14th
On this day in 1980: Billy Joel started a six-week run at #1 on the U.S. album chart with ‘Glass Houses’, his second U.S. #1 album. The album features Joel’s first song to peak at #1 on Billboard’s Pop Singles chart, ‘It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me.’ On this day in 1987: Madonna played […]
This Day In Music, June 13th
On this day in 1987: Whitney Houston started a six-week run at #1 on the U.K. album chart with her second LP ‘Whitney.’ With this album, Houston set various records on the U.S. charts. Houston became the first female artist, to debut at #1 with an album and its first four singles, ‘I Wanna Dance […]
This Day In Music, June 6th
On this day in 1982: Tom Petty, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Nicks and Jackson Browne all appeared at The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California to a crowd of 85,000 fans at the six hour Peace Sunday, We Have A Dream antinuclear concert. Dylan was joined onstage with Joan Baez and sang […]
This Day In Music, May 23rd
On this day in 1982: The U.K. Musician’s Union moved a resolution to ban synthesizers and drum rhythm machines from sessions and live concerts fearing that their use would put musicians out of work. On this day in 1987: Twelve former members of the Doobie Brothers reunited for a charity concert at the Hollywood Bowl […]
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 16th
On this day in 1984: Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in Memphis, Tennessee for ‘staggering drunk’ down Beale Street. Osbourne was released from the Memphis jail five hours later, after sobering up, and was not required to return for a court appearance. He continued on with his Bark at the Moon tour. On this day in […]
This Day In Music, May 9th
On this day in 1980: ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ by The Boomtown Rats won the best pop song and outstanding British lyric categories at the 25th Ivor Novello Awards. Boomtown Rats lead singer Bob Geldoff was inspired to write the song after reading about the tragic shooting spree where 16-year-old Brenda Spencer killed two people and […]
This Day In Music, May 2nd
On this day in 1983: Spandau Ballet were at #1 on the UK singles chart with ‘True’, the group’s only #1. The song spent four weeks at the top of the UK chart and was a hit in 20 other countries. Parts of the original version have been sampled and used in a number of […]
This Day In Music, April 25th
On this day in 1982: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder were at #1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Ebony And Ivory.’ This was McCartney’s 24th #1 hit single as a songwriter. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say “Black notes, white notes, you need to play the two to make harmony […]