by KingoftheHits | Oct 5, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, Beatles, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists
October 5, 1962 The first recording by The Beatles to be released anywhere in the world was issued on this date. Love Me Do is a song written mainly by Paul McCartney (the melody and chorus) when he was a teenager of 15 or 16, and long prior the the group which became...
by KingoftheHits | Oct 4, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 70's, 80's, Classic Hits, Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop, Rock, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists, Videos
October 4th, 1980 Reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart today was the world-wide hit Another One Bites The Dust by Queen. After stalling for two weeks at #3 (behind the Australian duo Air Supply [All Out Of Love] and Motown diva Diana Ross [Upside Down]),...
by KingoftheHits | Oct 2, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, R&B, Rock & Roll, Top 40
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by KingoftheHits | Sep 30, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 70's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, Top 40
SEPTEMBER 30, 1978 The #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 came from the proverbial ‘one-hit-wonder’ category – Kiss You All Over by the American group Exile. Once inside the Top 10, the record had a frustrating climb to the top, slowed for four...
by KingoftheHits | Sep 29, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 70's, American Artists, Classic Hits, Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop, Rock, Top 40
SEPTEMBER 29, 1973 After spending nine prior weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, the hard rock band Grand Funk finally climbed to the top of the heap by replacing the Marvin Gaye classic, Let’s Get It On. But after just seven days, Half-Breed by...