On this day in 1983: Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ marked its 491st week on the Billboard album chart in the U.S., surpassing the previous record holder, ‘Johnny’s Greatest Hits’ by Johnny Mathis. When it finally fell off of the chart in October 1988, ‘Dark Side’ had set a record of 741 weeks […]
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This Day In 80s Music, October 25th
On this day in 1980: Barbra Streisand scored her fourth U.S. #1 album with ‘Guilty.’ Also on this day, Streisand started a three week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with a song written by the The Bee Gees, ‘Woman In Love’. After the success enjoyed by the Bee Gees in the late […]
This Day In Music, March 8th
On this day in 1986: Diana Ross was at #1 on the U.K. singles chart with ‘Chain Reaction.’ It was written and produced by The Bee Gees (who also provided the backing vocals for the single). The single became her first #1 single in the U.K. since ‘I’m Still Waiting’ in 1971. Also on this day […]
This Day In Music, November 2nd
On this day in 1980: Barbra Streisand was enjoying her second week at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Woman In Love.” The song was released as a single from her 1980 album ‘Guilty.’ “Woman In Love” was written by Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees who received the 1980 Ivor Novello […]
This Day In Music, October 29th
On this day in 1983: Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ marked its 491st week on the Billboard album chart in the U.S., surpassing the previous record holder, ‘Johnny’s Greatest Hits’ by Johnny Mathis. When it finally fell off of the chart in October 1988, ‘Dark Side’ had set a record of 741 weeks […]