🇺🇸 Music in the United States

Exploring the #1 Hits That Defined an Era

As we look back at 2009, it’s clear that it was a year of significant transitions in popular music. From the rise of electropop to the continued dominance of hip-hop and R&B, the Billboard Hot 100 charts of 2009 paint a vivid picture of a diverse and evolving musical landscape. Let’s take a journey through

A Year That Defied Doomsday

@yourmusiceducationFebruary 3, 1959 was “The Day the Music Died” as Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson meet their untimely end in a plane crash in Iowa. You would never know this simply by looking at the Hot 100 charts that year. Rock ‘n’ Roll was a cultural force of course, but

@yourmusiceducationThe 1960s were a decade of tremendous political and cultural change in the United States. The first of the baby boomers who were rock ‘n’ roll teenagers in the 1950s began to assume leadership roles throughout American society and they continue to impact society (our most recent two presidents were from this group born in

@yourmusiceducationAll 252 US #1 songs from the 1970s, 1 second per week. The Bee Gees had 9 number one hits and topped the charts for a total of 27 weeks (more than half a year). That doesn’t include the songs that Barry Gibb wrote for Andy Gibb and other artists. Elton John had the second

@yourmusiceducationReplying to @soyyner Groovy man! The 70s were already in full-on 70s mode by 1971. Dawn, the Osmonds, Donny Osmond, Carole King, James Taylor, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Cher, and Paul McCartney all earned their first #1 records that year. Janis Joplin also got her first #1 with the second-ever

@yourmusiceducationReplying to @jgibson2 1970 was the year The Beatles got their final #1 song in the United States, appropriately it was “The Long and Winding Road”. It was also the year that George Harrison got his first as a solo act. Other first-time chart-toppers included B. J. Thomas, The Jackson 5, Neil Diamond, The Carpenters,

@yourmusiceducationAhh 1962, the year the best-selling song of the year was a clarinet solo and the trombone-focused instrumental “The Stripper” held the top spot for one week. It was the best of times, it was the strangest of times. The Four Seasons led by their East Coast style falsetto held the #1 position on the