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On today's episode of Billboard‘s Chart Rewind, we look back at Blondie hitting their first of four No. 1s on the Hot 100 with their hit "Heart of Glass" in 1979. Narrator: Blondie hit the top ...
The infamous Lewis County billboard is about to get a new owner after the property it sits on went up for sale.
Robert John, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979 with “Sad Eyes,” died Monday, according to Rolling Stone. A cause of death was not announced, but his son Michael Pedrick said he was ...
Nope, “Different Worlds” isn’t the theme to A Different World — it’s the theme to the 1979 sitcom Angie. The song was performed by pop star Maureen McGovern, hitting #1 on Billboard’s ...
I think we had 800 records a piece and 200 of them were different.” Trending on Billboard Released during the 1979 holiday season, “Christmas Rappin'” was the brainchild of Ford, who came up ...
In 1979, after John worked as a staff writer for Motown for a few years, he topped the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with his seminal hit, "Sad Eyes," which also hit the top 10 on the Adult ...