In the year 2000, Whitesnake lead singer David Coverdale released his first solo album, Into The Light, since his 1978 Northwinds album. Love is Blind was the first single released from the album. I like this song, but it failed to chart on any major music charts. David and Whitesnake are back out on tour these days supporting their new album called Good To Be Bad. Enjoy!
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues was a top five hit for Elton John back in 1983. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and was his first single from his Too Low From Zero album. Enjoy!
Today, we're flashing back to 1984 when Twisted Sister scored their only top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. We're Not Gonna Take It peaked at #21 on the charts, but it's remembered as one of the best songs of the 80's. And, who can forget this classic video. Enjoy!
Love Me Two Times is a classic rock song from The Doors. It was released as a single in 1967 from their Strange Days album. It peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. According to band members, the song was about a soldier/sailor on his last day with his girlfriend before shipping out, ostensibly to war in Vietnam. (Wikipedia) Enjoy!
In 1986, Top Gun took America by storm. Every teenage boy in the country wanted to be Tom Cruise. I remember guys in high school cutting their hair and adding gel to it to look like Tom's and everybody started wearing Ray Ban aviator sunglasses. Danger Zone was one of the huge hits from the soundtrack. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and is Kenny's second biggest hit behind Footloose, which went to #1 on the charts. Enjoy!
Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys hold the record for the longest run at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country charts. Their single, I'm Movin' On, spent 21 weeks at #1 back in 1950. Here's Hank singing his signature hit live on a television show in black and white. The quality of this video is excellent considering how old this footage is. Enjoy!
The #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for this week back in 1999 was Christina Aguilera's Genie in a Bottle. Genie in a Bottle is considered to be her debut single even though she had released a couple of other singles before this one. This was her first #1 hit on the Hot 100 charts and remains her biggest hit to-date. It went to number on various other charts including the U.K. and Canadian singles charts. Enjoy!
Today, we're going to flashback to the year I was born: 1970. This week in 1970, the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 charts was The Carpenters' (They Long To Be) Close To You. This was The Carpenters' first #1 hit on the Hot 100 charts as well as the Adult Contemporary charts. Enjoy!
Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) was the Gap Band's first #1 hit on the Billboard R&B charts. It hit #1 back in 1980. It was also their first top twenty hit on the Hot 100 charts, peaking at #20. Enjoy!
Freebird is definitely one of the greatest rock anthems of all-time. Outside of Sweet Home Alabama, it's Lynyrd Skynyrd's most famous song. Although it only charted at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts back in 1974, it's become a staple on classic rock stations around the world and is still played religiously at Lynyrd Skynyrd concerts. Enjoy!
In 1966, Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler recorded his #1 Billboard Hot 100 song, the Ballad of the Green Berets. It's a simple ballad that praised America's elite Army division, the Green Berets, and it's one of the few songs recorded during the Vietnam War that was pro-military, and yet it still went to #1 on the charts. Enjoy!
Booker T and the MG's were one of the first racially-integrated bands in popular music. They're best known for their #1 Billboard R&B instrumental hit Green Onions, which also peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts back in 1962. Enjoy!