@yourmusiceducation1961 pop music was, shall we say, interesting. Songwriters and lyricists shoved together into small offices trying to write the next hit and sell whatever they could to the next no-name band trying to play the next hit. And record companies hiring people for their looks rather than for their musicianship. Sounds a lot like […]
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @timetravelingnerd 1974 was so bad it’s good, man! Three of the Beatles had #1 songs (four if you include Billy Preston). Band on the Run was the most memorable of those three. John Denver was the only act with two chart toppers that year, including his first ever number one. Other first-timers included
@yourmusiceducationEvery #1 song (best sellers and Hot 100) from 1958. Do you know them all? #musichistory #learnontiktok #music #oldschool #50smusic Tiktok failed to load. Enable 3rd party cookies or use another browser Here’s the Spotify playlist The Hot 100 began in 1958; here’s the Spotify playlist for just Hot 100 #1 songs @yourmusiceducation’s Newsletter is
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @brkase13 1975. What a trip, man. It was the year for country/pop crossovers with 5 country songs reaching #1 that year (and another 1975 releases topping the chart in January 1976). This year holds the record for the most consecutive weeks with a new #1 with 14. Elton John bookended that run with
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @reginecarter The US pop charts were quite diverse in 1973 as we saw a slow march from the sounds of the 60s to the sounds of the 70s. The counter culture and hippie aesthetic were still very much evident and yet a new wave of diverse musical styles continued to thrive. Roberta Flack
@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
