It's the beginning of the month and once again, a trip back 110 years in history compliments of Josh Hosler's excellent site based on Billboard charts.
2012 Somebody That I Used to Know-- Gotye feat. Kimbra
2001 Foolish-- Ashanti
1992 Jump-- Kriss Kross (Wonder if they ever figured out how to put their pants on?)
1989 Like a Prayer-- Madonna (Not to be confused with "Like a Virgin.")
1988 Wishing Well-- Terence Trent D'Arby-- (Wonder whatever happened to him. Great song.)
1987 (I Just ) Died in Your Arms-- Cutting Crew
1986 Addicted to Love-- Robert Palmer (Loved his backup band.)
1985 WE ARE THE WORLD-- USA for Africa-- (Feeling good about ourselves.)
1984 AGAINST ALL ODDS (TAKE A LOOK AT ME)-- Phil Collins
1983 BEAT IT-- Michael Jackson-- (About all you heard on the radio back then.)
1982 I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL-- Joan Jett & the Blackhearts-- (Also #1 April 1st.)
1981 MORNING TRAIN (9 TO 5)-- Sheena Easton
1980 CALL ME-- Blondie
1979 REUNITED-- Peaches and Herb
1978 NIGHT FEVER-- Bee Gees-- (Disco fever Rampant. Also #1 April 1st.)
1977 HOTEL CALIFORNIA-- Eagles
1976 LET YOUR LOVE FLOW-- Bellamy Brothers-- (A little country comes to town.)
1975 HE DON'T LOVE YOU (LIKE I LOVE YOU)-- Tony Orlando & Dawn
1974 THE LOCO-MOTION-- Grand Funk-- (What happened to RAILROAD?)
1973 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON AROUND THE OLD OAK TREE-- Tony Orlando & Dawn-- Did Tony ever have a song with a short title?)
1972 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE-- Roberta Flack
1971 JOY TO THE WORLD-- Three Dog Night (happy 70th birthday this year to all three lead singers.)
1970 ABC-- Jackson 5 (Back when Michael wasn't so strange.)
Remember Anything? --RoadDog
OLDSTER BUMPER STICKERS: Senior Campbell's: New, large-Type Alphabet Soup.
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
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