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Singles Released This Week (June 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 – the BEST music ever made!Entries are: Year • Artist • Track Title • Genre • Album • B-Side(If a non-album single, then [Single]. If the charting...
Albums Released This Week (June 22 – 28)
Here's a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week (and some related albums of note): June 221971 ● Joni Mitchell ------ Blue ► Folk-Rock1973 ● Diana Ross ------ Touch Me In The Morning ► Soul -...
This Week’s Birthdays (June 21 – 27)
Happy Birthday this week to: June 211926 ● Nick Noble / (Nicholas Valkan) → Pop and easy listening singer with several Top 40 hits in the 50s and 60s, including "A Fallen Star" (#22, 1957) and a minor but near-career reviving country-pop crossover hit, "Stay With Me"...
Singles Released This Week (June 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 – the BEST music ever made!Entries are: Year • Artist • Track Title • Genre • Album • B-Side(If a non-album single, then [Single]. If the charting...
Albums Released This Week (June 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 (and some related albums of note): June 151965 ● Golden Earring ------ Just Ear-rings ► Hard Rock1966 ● The Temptations ------ Getting' Ready ► Soul -...
This Week’s Birthdays (June 14 – 20)
Happy Birthday this week to: June 141909 ● Burl Ives → Grammy-winning, grandfatherly folk singer, "A Little Bitty Tear" (#9, 1962), stage and screen actor, writer, radio personality, died from mouth cancer on 4/14/1995, age 851929 ● Cy Coleman / (Seymour Kaufman) →...
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door: Notable Deaths in May 2026
We note with sadness the following contributors to rock and pop music of the 50s through the 80s - the BEST music ever made! - who passed on last month: May 01 ● Jojjie Wadenius / (Georg Wadenius) → Bassist and guitarist for Swedish Grammi Award-winning jazz-rock...
Singles Released This Week (June 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 – the BEST music ever made!Entries are: Year • Artist • Track Title • Genre • Album • B-Side(If a non-album single, then [Single]. If the charting...
Albums Released This Week (June 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 (and some related albums of note): June 081961 ● Marvin Gaye ------ The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye ► Soul - Motown1963 ● The Ventures ------...
This Week’s Birthdays (June 7 – 13)
Happy Birthday this week to: June 071917 ● Dean Martin / (Dino Paul Crocetti) → Film, TV and stage actor, singer, "Memories Are Made Of This" (#1, 1956) and 15 other Top 40 singles, cultural icon and member of the Hollywood Rat Pack, died of lung cancer on 12/25/1995,...
Singles Released This Week (June 1 – 7)
Here's a sampling of charting singles (and B-Sides that charted) from rock and pop music from the 50s through the 80s – the BEST music ever made!Entries are: Year • Artist • Track Title • Genre • Album • B-Side(If a non-album single, then [Single]. If the charting...
Albums Released This Week (June 1 – 7)
Here's a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week (and some related albums of note): June 011959 ● The Kingston Trio ------ At Large ► Folk-Pop1963 ● The Ventures ------ Bobby Vee Meets The Ventures ►...
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