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Sun, 11 Oct 2026 05:31:36 -0500

Rap Music Has About 8 Weeks to Turn This Historically Bad Stat Around And Drake Can’t Fix This One (October 10, 2026) – Drake has spent much of his career doing things on the Billboard Hot 100 thaRead More

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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:42:48 -0500

Freddie Jackson Had More No. 1 R&B Hits During the 1980s Than Anyone Besides the King of Pop The Late Freddie Jackson Dominated Billboard’s ‘Hot Black Singles’ Era Like No Other Male Singer (October 6, 2026) – FreddieRead More

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Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:10:00 -0500

In 8 Days, Taylor, Drake and Stevie Expanded Their Albums – Two to Make History, One to Celebrate It Each Artist Added Four Songs to Historic Sets (October 2, 2026) – Three legendary artists did in eight days what can be sRead More

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Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:11:31 -0500

Music Jeopardy 69! Uncredited Guest Vocalists: Guess Clues About Artists Whose Vocals Didn’t Get Label Credit on Hit Songs (September 29, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 69! It’s the weekly music challenge where the blog provides the clues… and yRead More

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Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:19:19 -0500

4, 3, 2…1? Why This Could… Eh, Will Be George Michael and Wham!’s Year (September 29, 2026) – Last Christmas, “Last Christmas” came this close to ending — or at least interrupting — Mariah Carey’s hRead More

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Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:32:16 -0500

Todd Rundgren ‘Blames’ Video Games and a Consumer Shift for Taylor Swift; the Hot 100 Shows Women Have Never Been Hotter (September 27, 2026) – There’s nothing like a 78-year-old rock legend—one whose own hitmaking heyday was more than half a centuRead More

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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:07:48 -0500

Pete Byrne’s Naked Eyes Classic Put Him in Rare Company with Aretha, Luther and Isaac Hayes (September 24, 2026) – When it came to Burt Bacharach and Hal David, no one could interpret their tunes quite like Dionne WRead More

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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:28:24 -0500

The Loss of Monoculture: It’s Not That You Don’t Know ‘Choosin’ Texas’—You Just Don’t Have To (September 24, 2026) – The song “Choosin’ Texas” by country star Ella Langley just set one of the Billboard Hot 100’s most impoRead More

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Wed, 23 Sep 2026 01:45:00 -0500

Music Jeopardy 68! The Soul of ‘68! Guess these clues about No. 1 soul songs of 1968! (September 22, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 68! It’s the weekly music challenge where the blog provides the clues… and yRead More

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Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:19:49 -0500

On September 21, 1978, Earth, Wind & Fire Had the No. 1 Soul Song. It Wasn’t ‘September.’ And the Biggest Soul Hit of 1978 Was Also by EWF; It Too Wasn’t “September.” (September 22, 2026) – Given its popularity todayRead More

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Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:48:53 -0500

For Earth, Wind & Fire, ‘Ba Dee Yah’ Didn’t Start with ‘September.’ Before “September,” There Were Eight Others (September 21, 2026) – Many people are familiar with Earth, Wind & Fire’s “SeptemRead More

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Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:00:21 -0500

Exactly about hitting hard. He’s a few years younger than me. I’ve played this song on repeat several times today.

In reply to - DJ Rob wrote a new post Duncan Sheik’s “Barely Breathing” Was One of the Biggest Breaths of Fresh Air I Heard in the ’90s: R.I.P. (September 18, 2026) – I was genuinely saddened to learn of the death of Duncan S […]

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Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:26:44 -0500

Duncan Sheik’s “Barely Breathing” Was One of the Biggest Breaths of Fresh Air I Heard in the ’90s: R.I.P. (September 18, 2026) – I was genuinely saddened to learn of the death of Duncan Sheik yesterday (Sept. 17) from heart failure.Read More

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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 01:17:18 -0500

Close! Just missed a few!

In reply to - DJ Rob wrote a new post Music Jeopardy 66: ‘1966 Wiki Rock!’ — Guess Clues About No. 1 Songs from ‘66 Based on Their Wikipedia Rock Sub-Genres (September 8, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 66! It’s the weekly […]

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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 01:15:31 -0500

Music Jeopardy 67: Same Year, Same Title, Different Song — Guess Clues About Same-Titled Tunes from the Same Year! (September 15, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 67! It’s the weekly music challenge where the blog provides the clues… and yRead More

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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:08:16 -0500

Thanks, buddy! It was a joy to put together!

In reply to - DJ Rob wrote a new post 30 Days Hath September; 30 Songs Hath DJROBBLOG — One for Each Day A Day-by-Day Soundtrack to the Month of Endings, Beginnings, and Everything In Between (September 13, 2026) – S […]

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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:43:01 -0500

30 Days Hath September; 30 Songs Hath DJROBBLOG — One for Each Day A Day-by-Day Soundtrack to the Month of Endings, Beginnings, and Everything In Between (September 13, 2026) – September is oRead More

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Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:21:22 -0500

Music Jeopardy 66: ‘1966 Wiki Rock!’ — Guess Clues About No. 1 Songs from ‘66 Based on Their Wikipedia Rock Sub-Genres (September 8, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 66! It’s the weekly music challenge where the blog provides the clues… and you pRead More

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Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:20:00 -0500

Every Rap or Hip-Hop Album That’s Topped the Billboard 200; Plus the Rap Leaderboard You won’t find a more complete and accurate listing of rap/hip-hop albums that have topped the album chart anywhere but hereRead More

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Mon, 07 Sep 2026 21:33:57 -0500

This World War II Veteran Played on Billboard’s Fourth-Ever No. 1 – 85 years ago – And He’s Still Here Ray Anthony is the Earliest-Surviving Link to a Billboard No. 1 Record (September 7, 2026) – Eighty-five years ago, a tRead More

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Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:39:11 -0500

Music Jeopardy 65: Dolly’s No. 1, But What About the No. 2’s? Guess these Dolly Parton-related trivia clues (September 1, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 65! After a three-week hiatus, we’re back! It’s the weekly music challenRead More

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Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:37:12 -0500

The Tupac Trial – No Justice… Maybe Peace (August 31, 2026) — As I began writing this while visiting Las Vegas last week, a jury located just a few miles from me had yet tRead More

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Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:26:28 -0500

The Incredible Hot 100 Feat Dolly Parton Helped Complete in 1977 — And Why It Matters Again (August 30, 2026) – I found this extraordinary piece of chart history while researching Dolly Parton’s Billboard Hot 100 cRead More

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Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:29:46 -0500

Here She Comes Again: My First — And Forever — Dolly Parton Song The Wistful Little Tune that Hasn’t Left My Head Since Dolly Passed (August 28, 2026) – How do you write a tribute to DoRead More

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Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:17:51 -0500

Yes it did! I didn’t realize how rich August 1981 was for multiple genres — but particularly disco and rock — until I began researching this. Thanks for the comment!

In reply to - DJ Rob wrote a new post 45 Years Ago, One Extraordinary Month Explained the Entire Music Business MTV Debuted, Music’s Color Barrier Was Strong, and Rock’s Best Era Was In Full Swing (August 22, 2026) – If som […]

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Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:43:29 -0500

45 Years Ago, One Extraordinary Month Explained the Entire Music Business MTV Debuted, Music’s Color Barrier Was Strong, and Rock’s Best Era Was In Full Swing (August 22, 2026) – If someone wanted toRead More

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Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:40:33 -0500

I meant lyrics, not titles.

In reply to - DJ Rob wrote a new post Nothing but Heartaches: Inside the Supremes’ 12 No. 1 Romantic Nightmares (August 14, 2026) – The Supremes broke a historic five-song No. 1 streak in 1965 with a tune called “Nothing but H

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Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:22:23 -0500

Thanks, Robert! It dawned on me recently that every one of their biggest hits touched on the same subject and the majority of them even included the word “heartache” in their titles. I know it was more a H-D-H thing than a Supremes thing (they wrote like that for most of their Motown and later artists), but it just hit hardest with the Supremes!

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Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:36:44 -0500

Nothing but Heartaches: Inside the Supremes’ 12 No. 1 Romantic Nightmares (August 14, 2026) – The Supremes broke a historic five-song No. 1 streak in 1965 with a tune called “Nothing but HRead More

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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:44:40 -0500

Music Jeopardy 64: Un-Meet the Beatles! Guess Clues About a 1964 World Without the Fab Four! (August 11, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 64! It’s the weekly music challenge where the blog provides the clues… and you pRead More

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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:29:58 -0500

Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Is Running Out of Hot 100 Records to Break America is REALLY Settling into This ‘Texas’ Two-Step (Aug. 10, 2026) – Way back on May 1, a friend whose name shall not be meRead More

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Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:21:22 -0500

‘Michael Part 2’ Is Official — But Can It Tell the Rest of Michael Jackson’s Story? (August 8, 2026) – The billion-dollar grossing biopic Michael starring newcomer Jaafar Jackson playing his uncle was an uRead More

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Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:47:40 -0500

Earth, Wind & Fire’s Most Frantic Hit Topped the Soul Chart 50 Years Ago Today! I Know We Can, I Know We Can, I Know We Can, I Know We Ca-an… ‘Getaway’! (August 7, 2026) – Urgent horn blastRead More

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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:53:59 -0500

We shall see. I don’t expect it’ll be anytime soon.

In reply to - DJ Rob wrote a new post Country Just Made Hot 100 History – Here are Ten Other Top 5 Charts That Did Too! (August 4, 2026) – For the first time in the Hot 100’s 68-year history, country music owns the entire top f […]

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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:28:44 -0500

Music Jeopardy 63! Iconic 20th Century No. 1 Album Covers. Guess These Picture Clues! (August 4, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 63! It’s the weekly music challenge where the blog provides the clues… and you pRead More

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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:14:20 -0500

Country Just Made Hot 100 History – Here are Ten Other Top 5 Charts That Did Too! (August 4, 2026) – For the first time in the Hot 100’s 68-year history, country music owns the entire top five. It accoRead More

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Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:36:44 -0500

The Stories Behind Every Rap/Hip-Hop Song to Reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (August 3, 2026) – It’s here! DJROBBLOG’s exclusive listing of every rap song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. From VaRead More

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Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:36:31 -0500

Music Jeopardy 62! It Begins With a ‘Kiss’ — Guess Clues About Music Fitting This Week’s Theme! (July 28, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 62! It’s the weekly music challenge where the blog provides the clues… and you proviRead More

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Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:48:50 -0500

How ‘Ask Rufus’ Soundtracked My Favorite Memory of My Last Living Uncle In loving memory of my Uncle Charles ‘Poochie’ May (January 1951 – June 2026). (July 27, 2026) – Certain albums become mRead More

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Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:45:08 -0500

‘Any Time You’re Out from Under’: How Jim Gilstrap Became the Soundtrack to My Childhood—and My Chicago Years (July 23, 2026) – Jim Gilstrap, the vocalist best known for singing the opening lines to two of the most iconic songs in 1970s BlRead More

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Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:58:27 -0500

Billboard’s Calendar Slam: Just Three Artists Have No. 1 Hot 100 Hits in Every Month And Few Other Superstars Have Come Close (July 21, 2026) – Here’s a piece of useless chart trivia you probably never knew eRead More

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Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:31:45 -0500

While the World Embraces the World Cup Theme Song, America is Still ‘Choosin’ Texas.’ (July 22, 2026) – America may have played host to the World Cup and the global diversity that comes with it, but rarely has theRead More

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Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:21:14 -0500

Music Jeopardy 61–Chick-Fill, Eh? Guess these ‘chick’-related clues in music. (July 21, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 61! It’s the weekly music challenge where the blog provides the clues… and you proviRead More

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Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:14:47 -0500

Billboard Ranked the 50 Best R&B Groups Ever. Here’s What They Got Right – and Wrong. (July 20, 2026) – As part of its celebration of Black Music Month in June, Billboard ranked the “50 Best R&B Groups of All TimRead More

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Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:57:34 -0500

Music Jeopardy 60 — Diamond Jubilee! Guess Clues Associated with Diamonds! (July 14, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 60! It’s the weekly music challenge where the blog provides the clues… and you proviRead More

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Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:41:13 -0500

Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Prince Achieve Rare Billboard Hot 100 Feat for First Time Since 2004 (July 10, 2026) – For the first time in 22 years, Michael Jackson, Prince, and Madonna all placed songs on the Billboard Hot 1Read More

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Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:12:24 -0500

Thirty Years After a Historic Hot 100 Hip-Hop Moment, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Finally Receive Their Flowers (July 9, 2026) – Some honors arrive not at the height of an artist’s popularity, but after enough time has passed for histRead More

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Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:15:55 -0500

Bonnie Tyler’s Three Top 40 Hits…and Their Unique Billboard Feats: A Tribute Her Biggest Hits Became Unlikely Players in Billboard History (July 9, 2026) – Bonnie Tyler only had three Top 40 hits inRead More

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Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:39:35 -0500

America’s Musical Time Capsule: Six Music Artifacts That Explain 2026 to America in 2276 What Would You Put in America’s Musical Time Capsule? (July 8, 2026) – What if America’s official 250-year time capsule hadRead More

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Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:49:57 -0500

Music Jeopardy 59 – Red, White & Billboard: Guess Clues About Music Fitting This Week’s Theme! (July 7, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 59! It’s the weekly music challenge where the blog provides the clues… and you providRead More