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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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