Going back through the years taking a look at the songs that were #1 this date. To find the #1 songs of all years for any date back to 1890, go to www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneinHistory/SelectMonth.htm. where I got my information. He bases it on the one true music rating service, BillBoard.
2011 BORN THIS WAY-- Lady Gaga (the Madonna want-to-be)
2001 BUTTERFLY-- Crazy Town
1991 COMING OUT OF THE DARK-- Gloria Estefan
1981 RAPTURE-- Blondie (early rap?)
1980 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL-- Pink Floyd-- "Hey teacher! Leave those kids alone!" No problem Pinkies!
1979 TRAGEDY-- BeeGees-- Wonder why these guys were so hot back then?
1978 NIGHT FEVER-- BeeGees
1977 RICH GIRL-- Hall & Oates-- Did she have GRB parents?
1976 DISCO LADY-- Johnnie Taylor-- The real early days of that great music.
1975 LOVIN' YOU-- Minnie Ripperton-- Hitting all those octaves before it was popular.
1974 HOOKED ON A FEELING-- Blue Suede-- I always have to play the intro about a hundred times. Oooga-Chacka!!! Oooga Chacka!!!
1973 THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA-- Vickie Lawrence-- Where's Carol and Harvey? Watch out for the big-bellied sheriff.
1972 A HORSE WITH NO NAME-- America-- Having fun riding that "horse" through the desert?
1971 JUST MY IMAGINATION-- Temptations-- You Know, the Temptin' Temptations.
1970 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER-- Simon & Garfunkel-- Takes my back to the Tune Room at NIU.
Going Back to 1901. --RoadDog
WHY TEACHERS LOOK LIKE THAT:
Q. What happens to your body as you age?
A. When you get old, so do your bowels, and you get intercontinental.
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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