by KingoftheHits | Nov 24, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 70's, Beatles, Classic Hits, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists, Videos
Advertisement November 24, 1973 After an absence of two years, Ringo Starr returned to the Billbaord Hot 100, topping it on this day in ’73 with the song Photograph. The gap began when Starr pursued an acting career after recording his first two...
by KingoftheHits | Nov 15, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Rock, Top 40, UK Artists, Videos
November 15, 1965 The Rollings Stones classic single Get Off Of My Cloud was still cushy for another week atop Billboard’s loftiest elevation. (See On This Day: November 6, 1965) And 50 years ago today they performed it ‘live’ on the NBC-TV pop/rock...
by KingoftheHits | Nov 13, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 70's, Classic Hits, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists, Videos
November 13, 1976 The sexy and seductive hit Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright) by Rod “The Bod” Stewart began an impressive 8-week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on this day. To put that in perspective, it sat at number one from...
by KingoftheHits | Nov 10, 2015 | #Posts, 70's, Canadian Artists, Folk, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, Videos
A legendary shipping disaster on Lake Superior (called “Gitche Gumee” by the Chippewa Indian tribe) occurred on this day in 1975. Named after the insurance company that owned her – and once the largest ship on the Great Lakes – the Edmund...
by KingoftheHits | Nov 2, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, 60's, Beatles, Classic Hits, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists, Videos
The Beatles have released an official new video for the closing classic track from their Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album, A Day In The Life. The digitally restored video precedes this week’s 15th anniversary re-release of their collection of...
by KingoftheHits | Oct 30, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 80's, Classic Hits, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, Videos
October 30, 1982 Finally hitting the top in America after 17 months of toiling on music charts elsewhere, the labors of the five-man Australian band Men At Work finally paid off for their debut single Who Can It Be Now?. Recorded and released...