On this day in 1983: The Police were enjoying their second week at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Every Breath You Take.” The song is from from their album Synchronicity (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest U.S. and U.K. hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight […]
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This Day In Music, July 19th
On this day in 1986: Genesis went to #1 on the U.S. singles chart with ‘Invisible Touch’. The band’s former lead singer Peter Gabriel was at #2 with ‘Sledgehammer’. “Invisible Touch” is the title track and first single from the 1986 album of the same name. The song is a group composition which featured lyrics […]
This Day In Music, July 18th
On this day in 1980: Billy Joel held the top position on both the U.S. album and singles charts. His album Glass Houses contained his first and biggest #1 hit, ‘It’s Still Rock ‘n’ Roll to Me.’ The song spent 11 weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the 7th biggest hit […]
This Day In Music, July 16th
On this day in 1984: Prince was enjoying his second of five weeks at #1 with ‘When Doves Cry.’ “When Doves Cry” was Prince’s first Billboard Hot 100 #1 single, staying there for five weeks, and was also a worldwide hit. According to Billboard, it was the top-selling single of 1984. It is certified 3x […]
This Day In Music, July 15th
On this day in 1989: Simply Red scored their second U.S. #1 single with ‘If You Don’t Know Me By Now’, a 1973 U.K. hit for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. Here’s a look at the entire Top 10 on the U.S. singles chart from this day back in 1989: 1 3 IF YOU […]
This Day In Music, July 12th
On this day in 1980: Olivia Newton-John and the Electric Light Orchestra were at #1 on the U.K. singles chart with ‘Xanadu’, taken from the film of the same name. It gave Olivia Newton-John her third U.K. #1 single. On this day in 1986: Simply Red scored their first U.S. #1 single with “Holding Back […]
This Day In Music, July 10th
On this day in 1980: Paul McCartney & Wings were enjoying their second week at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with ‘Coming Up.’ The song would spend a total of three weeks in the top spot. In a Rolling Stone interview, McCartney explained how the song came about: “I originally cut it on my farm […]
This Day In Music, July 9th
On this day in 1983: The Police started an eight week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with ‘Every Breath You Take’ also #1 in the U.K. Taken from the bands album ‘Synchronicity’, Sting won Song of the Year and The Police won Best Pop Performance for the song at the 1984 Grammy […]
This Day In Music, July 8th
On this day in 1986: Billy Ocean was enjoying the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with “There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry).” The song was written and produced by Wayne Brathwaite and Barry Eastmond; Ocean was also credited as a co-writer for the song. It appears on Ocean’s 1986 album ‘Love […]
This Day In Music, July 7th
On this day in 1984: Bruce Springsteen went to #1 on the U.S. album chart with ‘Born In The USA’. The album went on to spend a total of 139 weeks on the U.S. album chart. Its also one of three albums (along with Michael Jackson’s Thriller, & Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814) to produce […]