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Where Have You Gone, Wyatt McPherson?
Before I forget, here’s the final installment of the series on one-hit-wonders whose lone claim to fame peaked at Number 97 on the Hot 100. (The first part is here and the second part is here.) … more →
The Hits Just Keep On Comin'
Where Have You Gone, Wyatt McPherson?
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jb wrote 17 hours ago: Before I forget, here’s the final installment of the series on one-hit-wonders whose lone clai … more →
Top 5: One Little Speaker
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jb wrote 3 days ago: As I’ve noted a million times before, the fall of 1970 is where time really begins for me … more →
Six More of the Old 97s
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jb wrote 6 days ago: There’s a thin line between history and oblivion. Cross it, leave a mark, and even if it … more →
Old 97s
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jb wrote 1 week ago: Hello again, music lovers. It’s time for another edition of whatever we’re calling this … more →
And Now, 600 Words About "You Light Up My Life"
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jb wrote 2 weeks ago: Everybody hates something, and often, our choices are highly personal. Nevertheless, there’s a … more →
Top 5: Get It From the Bottom
jb wrote 2 weeks ago: One of my favorite posts in the history of this blog appeared three years ago this week, about the d … more →
We're Number 98
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jb wrote 2 weeks ago: Over the weekend, we started looking at the 20 records that peaked at Number 98 on the Hot 100 betwe … more →
Life Goes On
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jb wrote 3 weeks ago: (Edited to add WNEW.com link.) When I was a kid, I didn’t miss a lot of school days because of … more →
Top 5: Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me?
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jb wrote 1 month ago: I haven’t got a good opening paragraph for this post, so let’s just go with some Top Fiv … more →
Top 5: It Only Takes a Minute
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jb wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been a DJ for most of my life, whether it was the imaginary radio station in my bedroom w … more →
Soul Heaven, Disco Inferno
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jb wrote 1 month ago: Picking up the trail from this earlier post, here are a few more singles that reached no higher than … more →
99 Hits to Number One
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jb wrote 1 month ago: For last month’s One Hit Wonder week, I dug into the archives for some artists whose lone hit … more →
Top 5: Stunning What?
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jb wrote 1 month ago: On my weekly stroll through the dusty archives at ARSA (the Airheads Radio Survey Archive, perhaps t … more →
Top 5: A Music Massacre Montage of Something Else Beginning With "M"
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jb wrote 1 month ago: (Edited to add a link.) What makes old record charts endlessly enchanting to me is how they can be v … more →
Take Me, I'm Ready
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jb wrote 2 months ago: I am having trouble finding September. In most years, I have to remind myself in July or August not … more →
We'll Meet Again
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jb wrote 2 months ago: This has to rank as one of the greatest chart upsets of all time: This week in the UK, 17 Beatles al … more →
Top 5: Boogie Bands and One-Night Stands
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jb wrote 2 months ago: The other morning I was poking through some old “Bubbling Under” charts, which Billboard … more →
Top 5: The Bomp Bomp Bomp
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jb wrote 2 months ago: Before we begin: Echoes in the Wind, the fine music blog written by our pal whiteray, got zapped int … more →
Top 5: Retro and Rockin'
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jb wrote 3 months ago: Because no good idea can ever go unrepeated, let’s examine another year of the British charts … more →
