
A Primer To UK Music Charts – Part 1
In the first of two parts, Contributing Author and ‘chartcavist’ JJ Live At Leeds has some crackerjack research about UK record chart history
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In the first of two parts, Contributing Author and ‘chartcavist’ JJ Live At Leeds has some crackerjack research about UK record chart history
It seems that it’s the “quiet ones” that leave us much too soon. Contributing Author thegue has the story in this latest edition of his mini-series featuring the “Missing:” those who never quite got their due over at The Number Ones.
Join Contributing Author Chuck Small as he takes us back to the days of Lockerbie, the Iran-Contra affaie Beetlejuice and… The 40 Biggest Billboard Artists of 1988
Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan is back with another time-tripping episode of his 4-part miniseries, featuring music, pseudonyms, and… cigars (?) from 1923
Take a trip to Storyville with Contributing Author Bill “Virgindog” Bois for a totally (T)rad new episode of Theoretically Speaking: Music Theory for Non-Musicians. Bonus points for our new favorite Duke Ellington quote
”Regardless of the risks involved, it is nevertheless a crucial thing from time to time to wake people up to the reality of their dreams.”
It’s the latest from from Contributing Author & Resident Vanguard Phylum Of Alexandria
It’s the end of a grueling competition, featuring 64 awesomely weird and wonderful candidates. Contributing Author and Beancounter Extraordinair Bill “Virgindog” Bois has the news: WE HAVE A WINNER
Contributing Author I Survived Pop is back, with a look at even more “one-worthy shouldabeens” – that all stalled out at Billboard Number Two
It’s a meetup at The Big Rock Candy Mountain: Contributing Author thegue, kicks off his new mini-series featuring the “Missing:” those who never quite got their due over at The Number Ones.
Join Contributing Author Chuck Small as he takes us back to the days of Ronald Reagan’s speech at the Berlin Wall… the first appearance of Homer Simpson, and… The 40 Biggest Billboard Artists of 1987
I'd hesitate to use the word "truth" in any description of the lyrical content of "19". Almost no reputable sources…
I don't remember listening to "19" and judging it as a song. I was a few years too young to…
I don't remember "19" at all from '85. When I got my first British number ones book, that was one…
That's a show that I know about but haven't dug into yet. I'm still catching up on Eight Out Of…
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