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DJ Rob wrote a new post 4 months, 1 week ago
From Thanksgiving to Christmas: The Surprising Chart Pattern Linking All Four Beatles
The Beatles Never Had No. 1s with Christmas Songs, But That Didn’t Stop All Four From Topping The Charts During The HRead More -
DJ Rob wrote a new post 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Music Jeopardy 29: Giving Thanks for These Hits! We Provide the Clues, You Give the Responses.
(November 25, 2025) – Music Jeopardy is back! After a four week hiatus, DJROBBLOG is presenting this special holiday edition oRead More -
DJ Rob wrote a new post 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Mariah and Taylor Are One Chart Move Away From a Rare Billboard Record
(November 25, 2025) – A familiar chart battle is brewing this holiday season—one we’ve witnessed before, yet never with staRead More -
DJ Rob wrote a new post 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why The Time’s Funkiest Drum Track Wasn’t His—But the Legacy Still Was: A Tribute to Jellybean Johnson
The Story Behind ‘777-9311’ and the Drum Legend Who Didn’t Play It: Remembering Jellybean Johnson, who died suddenly at the age oRead More -
DJ Rob wrote a new post 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Billboard Won’t Allow This AI Hit on the Hot 100 — Even Though It Earned the Points; Hear it Here…
(November 20, 2025) – The new Hot 100 was released on Wednesday, November 18 (a day later than normal for reasonsRead More -
DJ Rob wrote a new post 4 months, 3 weeks ago
R.I.P. to the Penny — 12 Times the Oldest U.S. Currency Was Famously Immortalized in Music
The U.S. just produced its final penny — so I rounded up 12 iconic songs that immortalized America’s humblest coiRead More -
DJ Rob wrote a new post 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Michael Jackson’s Most Criticized ‘Thriller’ Single Was Actually a Marketing Masterstroke
Michael’s duet with Paul McCartney is one of his least loved singles, but it was a marketing stroke of genius. (November 13, 2Read More -
DJ Rob wrote a new post 4 months, 3 weeks ago
These Are the 15 Hip-Hop Acts in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — and Here Are Who We Predict Will Be the Next 15
OutKast and Salt-N-Pepa just joined music’s hallowed club. We list the current fifteen inductees — and predict the next fifteRead More -
DJ Rob commented on the post, The ‘Michael’ Trailer is Out; I Loved MJ, I Dislike Biopics. Why This One May Not Change Either Fact 5 months ago
No worries. I moderate comments and never checked my alerts.
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DJ Rob commented on the post, The ‘Michael’ Trailer is Out; I Loved MJ, I Dislike Biopics. Why This One May Not Change Either Fact 5 months ago
No, I’d prefer the lifetime span used in the Jackson film. One or two years would be too few, unless it was the two years centered around Thriller—from its inception to its final chart hit with the title track.
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DJ Rob wrote a new post 5 months ago
The ‘Michael’ Trailer is Out; I Loved MJ, I Dislike Biopics. Why This One May Not Change Either Fact
(November 8, 2025) — The teaser for Michael dropped Thursday (Nov. 6), and with it came a wave of renewed euphoria around MicRead More-
No, I’d prefer the lifetime span used in the Jackson film. One or two years would be too few, unless it was the two years centered around Thriller—from its inception to its final chart hit with the title track.
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No worries. I moderate comments and never checked my alerts.
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DJ Rob wrote a new post 5 months ago
Was Rap’s Absence from the Top 40 After 35 Years a Sign of a Broader Cultural Shift?
Megan Thee Stallion may have rescued rap from a brief Top-40 blackout—but hip-hop’s troubles run deeper. (November 7, 202Read More -
DJ Rob wrote a new post 5 months ago
The Zen of David Byrne: A Halloween Night Where Talking Heads Met Talking Hands
A Spirit Dance in Orange (November 4, 2025) – While most of Chicago’s costumed revelers were haunting bars and parties on HRead More -
DJ Rob wrote a new post 1 year, 2 months ago
Vinyl Meets Pigskin: All the Hot 100 No. 1 Songs on Super Bowl Sundays: from 1 to 60
(Updated February 13, 2026). This is DJROBBLOG’s annual update of all the No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 during Super BRead More -
DJ Rob wrote a new post 2 years, 1 month ago
All the No. 1 songs on Super Bowl Sundays (Usher, Beyoncé, Janet, Taylor: one hasn’t made the list)
(February 11, 2024). Sports fans know that no NFL franchise has earned seven championship rings, although two — the New EngRead More -
DJ Rob wrote a new post 4 years, 7 months ago
(August 22, 2021). And you thought that Barry Manilow being preceded on the same stage by rapper Polo G would be the biggest meme coming out of Saturday’s (Aug. 21) half-successful attempt to conduct a music fes […]
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DJ Rob wrote a new post 4 years, 7 months ago
(August 21, 2021). Some records were made to be tied (and later broken).
In 1976-77, Stevie Wonder’s iconic album Songs in the Key of Life spent a then-record 20 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top R&B/H […]
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DJ Rob wrote a new post 4 years, 7 months ago
(August 19, 2021). The late Aaliyah Haughton – known by millions of adoring fans simply as Aaliyah – is still perhaps the most significant R&B artist of her era to pass away while in the prime of her c […]
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DJ Rob commented on the post, R.I.P. Bonnie Pointer: Heaven Must Have Sent You – A Look Back At Her Most Glorious Musical Moment 4 years, 7 months ago
It is indeed a beautiful piece of music that I still feel is underrated. Thanks for reading and for your comment.
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DJ Rob commented on the post, Top 25 Hip-Hop Artists of the Decade: 2010-19 4 years, 7 months ago
Well since most hip-hop after 2000 sucks ass anyway, and most of these young cats only talk about ass, pussy and shooting shit, that wasn’t a hard bar to reach.
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