Wednesday, October 28, 2009

#1 Album on October 28, 1967

Diana Ross and The Supremes Greatest Hits
Supremes


Greatest Hits is twenty tracks by the Supremes, ten of which were #1 hits. Notable tracks include "Where Did Our Love Go", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "You Can't Hurry Love" and "The Happening". Greatest Hits spent the month of November 1967 at #1.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

#1 Album on October 27, 2001

Pain Is Love
Ja Rule


Pain Is Love was the best-selling album of 2001. Ja Rule appeared in several films during a break from recording beginning in 2001. Ja Rule was born Jeffrey Atkins in Hollis, Queens, New York in 1976.
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Monday, October 26, 2009

#1 Album on October 26, 1963

Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary


The 1962 debut of folk singing group Peter, Paul and Mary gave us several folk rock staples: "500 Miles", "Lemon Tree", "If I Had a Hammer" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?". The group scored their first and only #1 song in 1969 singing John Denver's "Leaving On A Jet Plane".
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

#1 Album on October 25, 1980

Guilty
Barbra Streisand


Guilty was written and produced for Barbra Streisand by Bee Gee member Barry Gibb. The album's title track earned a Grammy Award in 1981. Barbra Streisand has recorded more than sixty albums over five decades in the music business.
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Saturday, October 24, 2009

#1 Album on October 24, 2004

50 Number Ones
George Strait


George Strait's compilation album also includes the new release "I Hate Everything", which became George's fifty-first #1 song. George earned his first #1 hit with 1981's "Fool Hearted Memory". During his army days, George Strait played in a band called Rambling while stationed in Hawaii.
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Friday, October 23, 2009

#1 Album on October 23, 1966

Supremes A' Go-Go
Supremes


The Supremes formed in Detroit in 1959. Lead vocalist Dianna Ross, backed up by Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard, produced twelve #1 hits during the 1960s and were Motown Records most successful act. Dianna Ross left the Supremes in 1970 to pursue a solo career.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009

#1 Album on October 22, 1995

Daydream
Mariah Carey


Daydream is recognized as Mariah's most critically acclaimed release. The global #1 hit has sold over ten million copies since its 1995 release and is Mariah's best selling in America. Mariah Carey was born in Huntington, Long Island, New York.
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