From anchor to pinnacle: How history has changed since this week’s new No. 1 song made its chart debut at No. 100 (14 months ago!)
(March 12, 2022). As a music blogger, I like to point out historical facts and figures surrounding some of the biggest hits in popular music. No better opportunity presented itself…
From the Prince Estate: The Artists ‘Formerly’ Known as Morris Day & The Time…?
(March 4, 2022). According to a social media post from Morris Day, the capitalist bug has bitten the Prince estate once again. And this time it could affect the pockets…
This year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show was exactly what it was supposed to be, and that’s not for everybody…
(February 14, 2022). The Super Bowl LVI halftime show (Sunday, Feb. 13) is now in the record books. Along with the game itself between the L.A. Rams and the Cincinnati…
Chart don’t lie: The year every Jackson had a Hot 100 hit, except one…(with an asterisk, of course)
(February 10, 2022). Okay, maybe the word “hit” in the article’s title is being used loosely here, but there was a year during the 1980s when all of the Jackson…
Joe Rogan: The hill that Spotify is willing to die on…for now.
(February 8, 2022). A friend of mine recently told me that boycotts rarely work. This was in a discussion we were having about the growing flap over Spotify’s continuing support…