Tag: Michael McDonald

28-Jun

This Day In 80s Music, June 28th

On this day in 1980: Paul McCartney & Wings started a three week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with ” Coming Up.” It became one of the few ‘live’ recordings to reach the top of Billboard’s Hot 100. American disc jockeys preferred it to the studio version on the flip side of […]

21-Jun

This Day In 80s Music, June 21st

On this day in 1980: Lipps Inc. were starting their fourth and final week at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Funkytown”. ‘Funkytown’ was written by musician, composer, and record producer Steven Greenberg and sung by Cynthia Johnson. The song expresses the singer’s pining for a metaphorical place that will “keep me movin’, keep me groovin’ […]

14-Jun

This Day In 80s Music, June 14th

On this day in 1980: Billy Joel started a six-week run at #1 on the US album chart with ‘Glass Houses’, his second U.S. #1 album. The album features four Top 40 hits including Joel’s first song to peak at #1 on Billboard’s Pop Singles chart, ‘It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me.’ On this […]

19-Feb

This Day In Music, February 19th

On this day in 1982: Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in San Antonio, Texas for urinating on the cenotaph at the Alamo, which honors the Alamo defenders. Osbourne was wearing a dress at the time of his arrest, (due to his wife Sharon hiding all his clothes so he couldn’t go outside). Osbourne was banned from […]

18-Jun

This Day In Music, June 18th

On this day in 1986: Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald were enjoying their first of three weeks at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with ‘On My Own.’  It was released from LaBelle’s first platinum album, ‘Winner In You’ and was written and produced by Burt Bacharach and his former wife Carole Bayer Sager. The song […]

07-Jun

This Day In Music, June 7th

On this day in 1986: Today we are going to go back to this day in 1986 and check out the Top 10 songs on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. 1 2 LIVE TO TELL –•– Madonna (Sire)-9 (1 Week at #1) (1)2 3 ON MY OWN –•– Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald (MCA)-12 (2)3 […]

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