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THIS DAY IN MUSIC, March 11, 2000: 🤠 Country music conquers the Hot 100 as Lonestar scores a No. 1 hit with “Amazed.” It’s the last country song to do so until Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” rockets to No. 1 in 2012.
🖌️ BNA Records
#countrymusic #2000s #popchart #onthisday
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, March 9, 1959: 🎙 “Venus,” by Frankie Avalon, tops the Billboard pop chart and stays there for five weeks.
🖌️ Record sleeve art: Chancellor Records
#Venus #FrankieAvalon #popchart #1950s #onthisday
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, March 9, 1974: 🎸🎤 Canadian musician Terry Jacks basks in the glow of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard singles chart with “Seasons in the Sun.” He holds the top spot for three weeks.
🖌️ Album art: Bell Records
#onehitwonder #popchart #70s #onthisday #popculture
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, February 24, 1958:
🎙 The Silhouettes are on top of the Billboard pop chart with “Get a Job.” Thanks to the band’s performances on “American Bandstand” and “The Dick Clark Show,” the single goes on to sell over a million copies.
#TheSilhouettes #doowop #popchart #50s #popculture
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, February 5, 1972:
🎸🎤 “Mother And Child Reunion,” Paul Simon’s first solo recording since the Simon & Garfunkel split, is released and eventually climbs as high as No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
🖌 Sleeve Art courtesy of CBS Records
#PaulSimon #70s #popmusic #popchart #onthisday
"Do You Want to Dance" is a song written by American singer #BobbyFreeman and recorded by him in 1958. It reached number No. 5 on the United States #Billboard Top 100 Sides #popChart, No. 2 on the Billboard #RAndBChart, and No. 1 in #Canada.
"Hello" is a song by American singer and songwriter #LionelRichie. Taken as the third single from his second solo album, #CantSlowDown (1983), the song was released in 1984 and reached number one on three #Billboard music charts: the #popChart (for two weeks), the #RAndBChart (for three weeks).
A fall from grace for a legendary music producer, a dramatized nuclear attack on the U.S. horrifies millions of TV viewers and movie tunes dominate the pop chart. It's Time Rewind for November 20th. #producer #crime #nuclearwar #tv #abc #popchart #onthisday #history #popculture #timerewind
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, November 14, 1960:🎙 #RayCharles has the No. 1 single with “Georgia on My Mind.” In 1979, the state of Georgia adopts it as the official state song. What's your favorite tune by Brother Ray?
🖌️ Album art: Vega/ABC Paramount Record Corp.
#60s #popchart #popculture #onthisday
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, November 12, 1988: 🎸🎤 The Escape Club reaches the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Wild, Wild West,” becoming the first British musical act with a No. 1 in the U.S. while never charting in the U.K.
🖌 Cover art: WEA/Atlantic Records
#80s #80sMusic #popchart #onthisday
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, October 21, 2006:
🎤 #JustinTimberlake’s “SexyBack” marks its seventh and final week on top of the U.S. singles chart. The track, from Timberlake's "FutureSex/LoveSounds" album, captures a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2007.
🖌 Jive Records
#popchart #grammys #2000s
"Do You Want to Dance" is a song written by American singer #BobbyFreeman and recorded by him in 1958. It reached number No. 5 on the United States #Billboard Top 100 Sides #popChart, No. 2 on the Billboard #RAndBChart, and No. 1 in #Canada.
🎵 THIS DAY IN MUSIC, Sept 14, 1963:
“My Boyfriend’s Back,” by the New Jersey-based girl group The Angels, enters its third and final week on top of the #Billboard Hot 100.
🖌 Album art: Smash Records
#popmusic #60s #popculture #popchart #TimeRewind
"Do You Want to Dance" is a song written by American singer #BobbyFreeman and recorded by him in 1958. It reached number No. 5 on the United States #Billboard Top 100 Sides #popChart, No. 2 on the Billboard #RAndBChart, and No. 1 in #Canada.
A solo sailor conquers the high seas and #GeorgeMichael swings his way to the top of the #popchart. Plus, celebrity birthdays! It’s Time Rewind for August 27th.
#sailing #adventure #GracieAllen #RIP #GeorgeBurns #BrianEpstein #TheBeatles #history #popculture #birthday #onthisday #TimeRewind
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, August 13, 1980:
🎤 #Devo releases the #newwave / synth-pop single “Whip It,” which climbs as high as No. 14 on the Hot 100. The song is from the band's "Freedom of Choice" album.
🖌 Warner Bros
#popchart #80s #80sMusic
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, August 4, 1958:
🎼 #Billboard magazine introduces its #Hot100 chart, a list of the 100 best-selling pop singles in the U.S. The very first No. 1 is #RickyNelson's “Poor Little Fool,” which holds the top spot for two weeks.
🖌 Imperial Records
#popchart #50s #onthisday #popculture
An American triumphs over the Nazis at the Berlin Olympics and Billboard unveils a new music survey. That, plus celebrity birthdays, as Time Rewind looks back at the events of August 4th.
#Olympics #OlympicGames #Berlin #Germany #popchart #birthday #onthisday #history #popculture #TimeRewind
"Be My Guest" is a song written by #FatsDomino, #JohnMarascalco and #TommyBoyce. Arranged and produced by #DaveBartholomew and recorded by Domino on September 26, 1959, it was released as a single by #ImperialRecords the following month and reached number 8 on the #Billboard #popChart.
"Your Mama Don't Dance" is a hit 1972 song by the rock duo #LogginsAndMessina. Released on their self-titled album Loggins and Messina, it reached number four on the #Billboard #popChart and number 19 on the Billboard #EasyListeningChart as a single in early 1973.
"Hello" is a song by American singer and songwriter #LionelRichie. Taken as the third single from his second solo album, #CantSlowDown (1983), the song was released in 1984 and reached number one on three #Billboard music charts: the #popChart (for two weeks), the #RAndBChart (for three weeks).
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, May 7, 2005:
🎤 #GwenStefani kicks off four weeks on top of the Billboard #popchart with “Hollaback Girl.” The track is from her debut solo studio album, “Love. Angel. Music. Baby.”
🖌Album art: Interscope Records
#popmusic #2000s #onthisday #popculture #TimeRewind
"Do You Want to Dance" is a song written by American singer #BobbyFreeman and recorded by him in 1958. It reached number No. 5 on the United States #Billboard Top 100 Sides #popChart, No. 2 on the Billboard #RAndBChart, and No. 1 in Canada.
👄 April 19, 1986—“Kiss,” by #Prince and The Revolution from the “Parade” album (the “Under the Cherry Moon” soundtrack) is the No. 1 single.
🖌 Album art courtesy of Paisley Park Records/Warner Bros. Records
#Prince #PrinceAndTheRevolution #Kiss #MovieMusic #80s #popchart #popculture #onthisday
🎸🎤January 15, 1972—Don McLean's classic “American Pie” reaches No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart and holds the top spot for four weeks.
🖌 Album cover courtesy of United Artists Records
#70sMusic #popchart
🎤🤠 Dec 5, 1964—Actor #LorneGreene , beloved star of TV’s “Bonanza,” achieves musical success when his song, “Ringo,” lands on top of the Billboard Hot 100 and holds there for a week.
🖌 Album art: RCA Victor
#popchart #60s #onthisday
