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You might be surprised who wrote your favorite song
You might be surprised who wrote your favorite song
You might be surprised who wrote your favorite song
I was looking at the music charts and recently Susanna Hoffs from the Bangles  celebrated a birthday, she turned 62 . Susanna, if you remember, sings lead on the hit Manic Monday. Manic Monday was written by Prince and I had never heard Prince do that song and sure enough thanks to YouTube I saw a grainy version of how the author performed that song. It ...
This Week in Music History
This Week in Music History
This Week in Music History
November 28th, 1992 – Whitney Houston starts a record-breaking 14 week run at No.1 on the singles chart with ‘I Will Always Love You’, from the ‘Bodyguard’ soundtrack. The song was written by Dolly Parton.
This Week in Music History
This Week in Music History
This Week in Music History
June 7th, 1972 - Elvis Presley makes history by performing four sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden. George Harrison, John Lennon, David Bowie, Bob Dylan were among music stars to attended the shows. The shows were recorded and would become the album, Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden...
This Week in Music History
This Week in Music History
This Week in Music History
November 28th, 1992 – Whitney Houston starts a record-breaking 14 week run at No.1 on the singles chart with ‘I Will Always Love You’, from the ‘Bodyguard’ soundtrack. The song was written by Dolly Parton.
This Week in Music History
This Week in Music History
This Week in Music History
November 22nd, 1986 – The Human League goes to No.1 on the singles chart with ‘Human.’ It would become their second, million-selling number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 (after “Don’t You Want Me”) and was their second chart-topper in the U.S.
This Week in Music History
This Week in Music History
This Week in Music History
November 23rd, 1975 - Queen starts a 9 week run at No.1 in the UK with ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’ The promotional video for this song is generally acknowledged as being the first pop video ever. When they first decided to release the 5min and 55sec single, various record execs suggested to them that it was too long to ever be a hit, they didn’t listen and the rest is history...

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