music history

Today, January 9, we go back to 2001 when Creed won favorite album of the year at the 28th annual American Music Awards.  "Human Clay" features "What If", "Higher", and "With Arms Wide Open".  Other winners that year include:

It is amazing how some songs stay in radio rotation for years and the popularity of song continues.  For example, Nickelback's hit single "How You Remind Me".  Would you believe this song is twelve years old?

The Bangles created a dance sensation in 1986 when they had us all "Walk Like An Egyptian".  December 20 of that year, the all girl, pop-rock group started a four week run at number one on the U.S. singles chart with this single.

Daryl Hall and John Oates make up the best selling duo, Hall and Oates.  They met as students at Temple University in 1967 but did not start a their music career together until 1972.  Thirty one years ago today, December 18, 1982, Hall and Oates climbed to number one

"We Didn't Start The Fire" was a number single form Billy Joel's eleventh studio album "Storm Front".  The album also included hits "I Go to To Extremes" and "And So It Goes".  On this day, December 16, 1989 "Storm Front" went to number one on the U...

The year was 1983 and everyone with cable television waited with great anticipation for the new Michael Jackson video to air on MTV.  The self-proclaimed "King of Pop", released what is now regarded as the most influential pop music video of all time.

We go back to the nineties for today's note in music history.  R&B singer/actress, Whitney Houston, scored her eleventh number one single on the US charts with 'Exhale (Shoop Shoop)', on this day, November 25, 1995.  The single is on the soundtrack from the film 'Waiting To Exhale', starring Houston and Angela Bassett. ...

Billy Idol, born William Broad, started his musical career as lead singer in a punk rock group called Generation X from 1977 to 1981 before breaking out as a solo artist.  Idol has several hits to his credit, including "White Wedding" in 1983, "Eyes Without a Face" in 1984, and "To Be A Lover" in 1986...

On this day, November 18, in 2001, Britney Spears climbed to number one on the U.S. album charts with 'Britney'.  This would be her second number one album.  The album produced hits like, "I'm A Slave 4 U", and "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet a Woman".

Tiffany Darwish from Norwalk, California, was the pop star that created the "Mall Tour".  Singing at shopping malls across the country proved to be marketing genius as Tiffany gained major commercial success.  Her remake of the 1967, Tommy James and the Shondells, "I Think We're Alone Now", made her a pop sensation.