SONG OF THE DAY: The #1 Song on the U.S.charts this week in 1985 was "Careless Whisper" by the UK Duo, WHAM! who actually used the name WHAM UK! on their debut album.."Carless Whisper" was co-written by Andrew Ridgeley in 1981 when the duo was attending school.. The saxophone solo was done by Steve Gregory who did work for bands such as: The Animals and Queen..
TOP 5 SONGS THIS WEEK IN 1985 (From: Billboard)
1. WHAM! - "Careless Whisper"
2. BILLY OCEAN - "Loverboy"
3. PHILLIP BAILEY & PHIL COLLINS - "Easy Lover"
4. REO SPEEDWAGON - "Can't Fight This Feeling"
5. FOREIGNER - "I Want to Know What Love Is"
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
SONG OF THE DAY: February 20, 2011
SONG OF THE DAY: Today, NIRVANA frontman, KURT COBAIN would have been 44.. COBAIN met an untimely exit from the World on April 5, 1994, but made his mark on the rock music world as well as the Northwest American music scene in the early 90's.. The song "On a Plain" comes from NIRVANA's multi-million selling album "Nevermind" which was produced by Butch Vig.. According to the Kurt Cobain diaries, Kurt's claim was that a couple of the lines from the song were originally intended for the song "Verse Chorus Verse"..
OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY: singer Rihanna, NBA Athlete and political commentator, Charles Barkley, model Cindy Crawford, Actor Sidney Poitier, "3rd Rock from the Sun" star French Stewart, "Melrose Place" star Andrew Shue, actress Jennifer O'Neill, newspaper heiress gone criminal Patty Hearst, actress Sandy Duncan, fashion designer, Gloria Vanderbilt... Posthumously: "Lucy Show" star Gale Gordon, environmenal enthusiast, Ansel Adams..
SONG OF THE DAY: February 19, 2011: SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES - "Tears of a Clown".. The song, "Tears of a Clown" was originally released in 1967 on Motown records, but it wasn't until September of 1970, when the song had been rereleased in the U.K. as to when "Tears of a Clown" really took off.. The song had skyrocketed on the UK charts and as a result was rereleased by Motown in the U.S.. The music for the song was written by STEVIE WONDER and Motown's Hank Cosby.. The lyrics were done by Smokey Robinson, whom celebrated his 71st Birthday on February 19th..
OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN ON 2/19: singer Seal, "Family Ties" star Justine Bateman,actor Jeff Daniels... Posthumously: actor Lee Marvin, scientist, Nicolas Copernicus
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90's CARTOON INTROS: How many do you remember?
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(((THIS WEEK IN 1989)))
The #1 Song on the U.S. Charts this week in 1989 was by LOS ANGELES choreographer and former Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader, PAULA ABDUL.. "Straight Up" was written and produced by songwriter ELLIOT WOLFF whose claim to fame included hits for PEACHES & HERB and CHAKA KHAN.. "Straight Up" was PAULA's first #1 hit off of her "Forever Your Girl" album which spawned 4 #1's between 1989 and 1990..
The #1 Movie This Weekend in 1989 was Tom Hanks in "The Burbs".. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter made a splash at the Box Office as "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" opened in theaters.. "Roseanne" was #1 on the small screen and author Salman Rushdie created a stir with his novel "The Satanic Verses"..
TOP 5 SONGS THIS WEEK IN 1989 (Courtesy: Billboard)
1. PAULA ABDUL - "Straight Up"
2. SHERIFF - "When I'm With You"
3. TONE LOC - "Wild Thing"
4. BON JOVI - "Born to Be My Baby"
5. WHITE LION - "When the Children Cry"
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