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Singles Released This Week (September 22 – 28)

Here's a sampling of charting singles (and B-Sides that charted) from rock and pop music from the 50s through the 80s...

Albums Released from Sep 22 to Sep 28, 2025

Here's a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week...

This Week’s Birthdays (September 21 – 28)

Happy Birthday this week to: September 21 (1913) . Janet Ertel / (Janet Ertel Bleyer) . Founding member and vocalist...

Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door: Notable Deaths in August 2025

We note with sadness the following contributors to rock and pop music of the 50s through the 80s – the BEST music ever...

Singles Released This Week (September 15 – 21)

Here's a sampling of charting singles (and B-Sides that charted) from rock and pop music from the 50s through the 80s...

Albums Released This Week (September 15 -21)

Here's a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week...

This Week’s Birthdays (September 14 – 20)

Happy Birthday this week to: September 14 (1914) . Mae Boren Axton . Country songwriter, the "Queen Mother of...

Singles Released This Week (September 8 – 14)

Here's a sampling of charting singles (and B-Sides that charted) from rock and pop music from the 50s through the 80s...

Albums Released This Week (September 8 – 14)

Here's a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week...

This Week’s Birthdays (September 7 – 13)

Happy Birthday this week to: September 7 (1920) . Al Caiola / (Alexander Emil Caiola) . Session guitarist for Buddy...

February 15 | Rock History

This Day in Rock History | Albums, Singles, Birthdays, Deaths, and Events.

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  • 1965, Brenda Lee, Brenda Lee Sings Top Teen Hits
  • 1965, Dionne Warwick, The Sensitive Sound Of Dionne Warwick
  • 1969, The Monkees, Instant Replay
  • 1970, Buck Owens, Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • 1974, Slade, Old New Borrowed Blue
  • 1974, Deep Purple, Burn
  • 1975, Rush, Fly By Night
  • 1977, America, Harbor
  • 2006, David Gilmour, On An Island
  • 2001, Five For Fighting, Superman (It's Not Easy)
  • 1994, Soundgarden, Spoonman
  • 1992, Van Halen, Right Now
  • 1988, The Church, Under The Milky Way
  • 1980, David Bowie, Alabama Song
  • 1980, Christopher Cross, Ride Like The Wind
  • , George Harrison, What Is Life
  • 1984, Gary Clark, Jr.
  • 1981, Olivia Theresa Longott
  • 1980, Conor Oberst
  • 1977, Brooks Wackerman
  • 1976, Brandon Boyd
  • 1976, Ronnie Vannucci, Jr.
  • 1974, Mr. Lordi
  • 1974, Stuart Richardson
  • 2021, Johnny Pacheco
  • 2017, Stuart McLean
  • 2016, Vanity
  • 2009, Joe Cuba
  • 1984, Ethel Merman
  • 1981, Michael Bloomfield
  • 1975, Nat King Cole
  • 1968, Little Walter
  • 2015, [trim length=”80″ more=”…”]

    Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Funk' reached the one million sales mark, 10 weeks after it was first released becoming the 158th track to reach the million mark in British charts history. The song, from the soundtrack to the Fifty Shades Of Grey film also became the most-streamed track ever in the UK.

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  • 2013, [trim length=”80″ more=”…”]

    Chubby Checker launched a $500,000 lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard for including an app on its phones and tablets that was not only named after the 71-year-old musician, but measured a man's manhood based on his shoe size.

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  • 2011, [trim length=”80″ more=”…”]

    A stunned Laura Marling accepts the Brit Award for Best British Female at the O2 Arena in London. In an interview later that year Marling says she was “terrified” at the awards ceremony, clarifying that she’s “been around people for whom [winning a Brit] has changed things and it is uncomfortable to watch. I'm not built for that.”

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  • 2009, [trim length=”80″ more=”…”]

    Lily Allen went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'It's Not Me, It's You' the singers second album.

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  • Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels

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