Hello, This five year span had multiple genres take their places in America and the world. Disco peaked in 1979 and basically died by 1981. New Wave was huge from about 1982-1986. Also hair metal got it’s first significant band, Quiet Riot, in 1983. Also Hip Hop was just making it’s sound known. Country music…

Hello, 69) The Crests “Sixteen Candles”: 70) Dr. Hook “Only Sixteen”: 71) Kiss “Christine Sixteen”: 72) No Doubt “Sixteen”: 73) Billy Idol “Sweet Sixteen”: 74) Tennessee Ernie Ford “Sixteen Tons”: 75) Judah and the Lion “17”: 76) Tamyra Gray “17”: 77) Winger “Seventeen”: 78) Stevie Nicks “Edge of Seventeen”: 79) Kathy Mattea “18 Wheels and…

Hello, 52) Big and Rich “Six Foot Town”: 53) The Sneaker Pimps “6 Underground”: 54) The Wallflowers “6th Avenue Heartache”: 55) Prince “7”: Not very well known, but what a great song. 56) I Nine “Seven Days of Lonely”: 57) The White Stripes “7 Nation Army”: 58) Rosanne Cash “Seven Year Ache”: 59) Lukas Graham…

Hello, Esquire Digital has a feature about 1989 and 1990 being the two weirdest years of music. Esquire author, Dave Holmes, calls it the Diet Slice era. Holmes says about the drink and the music of those two years: “The Diet Slice gets its name from the low-calorie version of Slice, a popular soft drink…

Hello, Out of the 121 Jimi Hendrix songs on my iTunes, these are the 17 that have been played the most. Again I didn’t say the best but the songs that are most played. I will start with the 17th most played song and work to the most played song. I have rated all of…

Hello, This blog is inspired by David Browne’s “Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, C.S.N.Y and the Lost Story of 1970”. Those four released great albums that year. Those CDs were “Deja Vu”, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, “Let It Be” and “Sweet Baby James”. Inspired by that book here is part…

Hello, What are the 80s known for? This isn’t in any order by the way. First of all I have to point out the obvious- the 80s are known for the great music. The music in the 80s was so good that even the rap music was good. Other great things from the 80s 2)…

Hello, There are some songs that shouldn’t be forgotten and there are some songs that didn’t get enough love when they were originally released. I would like to give more exposure to both kinds of songs. I’m relying on my own music listening experience and also this website: https://www.allbutforgottenoldies.net/yourpicks/top-100-recent.html 18) Bette Midler “From A Distance”:…

Hello, There are some songs that shouldn’t be forgotten and there are some songs that didn’t get enough love when they were originally released. I would like to give more exposure to both kinds of songs. I’m relying on my own music listening experience and also this website: https://www.allbutforgottenoldies.net/yourpicks/top-100-recent.html 1) Nancy Sinatra “These Boots Are…

Hello, What are the 80s known for? This isn’t in any order by the way. First of all I have to point out the obvious- the 80s are known for the great music. The music in the 80s was so good that even the rap music was good. Other great things from the 80s 2)…