@yourmusiceducationSo much of what happened in 1969 music was not reflected on the American pop charts. Elvis took up residency in Las Vegas, Woodstock, Altamont, Harlem Cultural Festival, The Beatles Rooftop Concert. The Hippie era is on the way out (except for those few proud ones who still live the hippie lifestyle even in 2023), […]
@yourmusiceducationThe final decade of the 20th century started out with rock-oriented pop music and saw an increase in Latin-inspired and R&B influences. Female artists really shone, and particularly Mariah Carey, who had at least one #1 every year for a total of 15 songs that charted in the decade and an additional two songs that
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @xintoxicat While no grunge music made it in the Hot 100 in 1994, Lisa Loeb became the first artist ever to top the charts without being under contract with a record label. This served as a testament of the growing alternative music scene, and there was a general continued departure from the pop
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @f47her Titanic was released in December of 1997, but as much as My Heart Will Go On has endured over the past 25 years, it surprisingly only held the #1 spot for two weeks. The year end number one song was “Too Close”, and the longest tenure at the top spot was “The
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @jwjeisudufhfhe In you were in a group that began with the word The, 1967 was your year! The Summer of Love ended most appropriately with All You Need Is Love by The Beatles. Aretha Franklin got her first #1 with her signature cover of Otis Redding’s Respect, and The Doors got their first
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @backitupterrrrry Here we go, Hanson fanatics. MMM1997. The #1 song for the year was Elton John’s remake of his 1973 song Candle in the Wind with updated lyrics for Princess Diana’s funeral. It has become the second best selling song of all time, being Bing Crosby’s White Christmas. Princess Di’s funeral was an
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @samsavirgo Only 8 songs reached #1 in 1996, which is tied with 2005 and 2015 for second fewest. 2Pac (Tupac) achieved his first and only #1 just weeks before his life ended. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, JoJo, Dr. Dre, Toni Braxton, K-Ci, Roger Troutman, and Blackstreet also topped the charts for the first time. And
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @chrisfiedler06 After a tumultuous back-and-forth in the first nine months of the year, Debby Boone lit up our lives ever so briefly before disco could achieve its complete domination of pop music. 🪩 This year had a lot of big names topping the charts and some iconic songs came out of the year.
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @lily_mattingly Kicking it back to 1960 when the pop music scene was still finding its feet following a series of unfortunate events in the waning years of the 1950s. A little country, a little instrumental, a little dance craze, a little soul, and 14 weeks of Elvis. The Everly Brothers were huge inspirations
