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...
by Jon Kutner | Oct 6, 2024 | Did you know?
Since the chart’s inception in 1952 up to and including the current chart-topper, just 62 titles start and end with the same letter, here is the list. Artist Title Year Guy Mitchell She Wears Red Feathers 1953 Guy Mitchell Look At That Girl 1953 Tennessee Ernie...
by Jon Kutner | Sep 29, 2024 | Did you know?
Between 1981 and 2007, a total of 57 singles made the UK chart as an import copy prior to its UK release. Those were in the days when shops had the foresight to realise a song’s potential, order copies from abroad and sell them in the UK. Obviously in the...
by Jon Kutner | Sep 15, 2024 | Did you know?
And so to the final five years of the 2010s 2016 Cheap Trick Kid Rock Chicago Rob Thomas Deep Purple Lars Ulrich N.W.A. Kendrick Lamar Steve Miller Black Keys 2017 Joan Baez Jackson Browne Electric Light Orchestra Dhani Harrison Journey Pat Monahan Pearl Jam David...
by Jon Kutner | Sep 8, 2024 | Did you know?
As we move into the first five years of the 2010s 2011 Alice Cooper Rob Zombie Neil Diamond Paul Simon Dr John John Legend Darlene Love Bette Midler Tom Waits Neil Young 2012 Beastie Boys Chuck D / LL Cool J The Blue Caps Smokey Robinson The Comets Smokey Robinson The...
