by Jon Kutner | Mar 9, 2025 | Did you know?
Isaac Hayes was the first musical black artist to win an Oscar. Joe Jackson’s 1983 hit Breaking Us in Two was based on Badfinger’s 1972 hit Day After Day. The first example of sampling on a UK chart hit was in December 1975 when club DJ Chris Hill used...
by Jon Kutner | Mar 2, 2025 | Did you know?
Country music artists have a knack of coming up with some original and, frankly, ridiculous song titles, but these are genuine and funny. Here is a list of just 20. Her Teeth Was Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Through The Goalposts Of Life...
by Jon Kutner | Feb 23, 2025 | Did you know?
With a total of 86 categories celebrating the best of pop, rock, R&B, jazz, rap, Latin, classical, Musical Theater, and more, thousands of music creators have been recognised by the GRAMMYs since its inception in 1957. Here is a list of those who have won 18 or...
by Jon Kutner | Feb 16, 2025 | Did you know?
In December 2024, a new list revealed the 20 richest musicians in the world. It made interesting reading because many of them became as rich as they did, not only through songwriting and touring, but due to their business ventures and investments, so when you look at...
by Jon Kutner | Feb 9, 2025 | Did you know?
This is according the the RIAA’s album sales data in the USA. No surprises as to who dominates the chart. Rank Title Artist Sales 20 Some Hearts Carrie Underwood 8 million 19 Some Gave All Billy Ray Cyrus 9 million 18 Greatest Hits John Denver 9 million 17 Greatest...
by Jon Kutner | Feb 2, 2025 | Did you know?
Which colour, black or white, has featured the most in UK top 40 hits? The results are shown below. Artist Black Peak position Artist White Peak position Guy Mitchell Pretty Little Black-Eyed Susie 2 1 Mantovani White Christmas 6 Frankie Laine Blowing Wild (The Ballad...
