by Jon Kutner | Nov 17, 2024 | Did you know?
This month in 1941, Roy Plomey came up with the idea for Desert Island Discs and wrote to the BBC, who jumped at the idea and the first programme was broadcast on 29th January 1942. Here is a list of the top 40 most popular-chosen tracks and their overall ranking is...
by Jon Kutner | Nov 10, 2024 | Did you know?
The Adult Contemporary (AC) chart launched in July 1961 and originally known as Easy Listening, it was known as Middle-Of-the-Road Singles and then Pop-Standard Singles in the mid-sixties. It reverted to Easy Listening before finally changing name to Adult...
by Jon Kutner | Nov 3, 2024 | Did you know?
In 2000, Kenny Rogers, at the age of 61, becomes the oldest artist to achieve a number one country song with Buy Me A Rose. In 1946, Guitar Polka by Al Dexter and New Spanish Two Step by Bob Wills both spend 16 weeks at number one. In 2007, Garth Brooks’ song...
by Jon Kutner | Oct 27, 2024 | Did you know?
In August 1983, Peter Stewart of Birmingham, UK set a world record by disco dancing for 408 hours. The male speaking voice on Britney Spears’ hit Oops I Did It Again was the song’s producer and co-writer Max Martin. Tap dancing originates from Irish clog...
by Jon Kutner | Oct 20, 2024 | Did you know?
At a quiz recently, someone asked me, quite randomly, how many solo artists have a hyphen in their name. I thought of four in the few minutes we had, but there are not that many, 10, in fact. Here is the list. Anne-Marie Eagle-Eye Cherry Sophie Ellis-Bextor...
by Jon Kutner | Oct 13, 2024 | Did you know?
A request from Debra following a round in the quiz with song titles that start with the numbers 1 to 10, and she asked what is the most popular number. So for this criteria, if the title starts with 100 or 1000 they have been discounted, it’s purely the numbers...
