Friday, October 30, 2009

#1 Album on October 30, 1975

Windsong
John Denver


Windsong features the hit single Calypso, written by John Denver as a tribute to celebrity marine explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his research vessel the Calypso. Denver's spectacular entertainment career peaked during the late 1970s. He was known for his catch phrase "Far out!".
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Thursday, October 29, 2009

#1 Album on October 29, 1989

Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson


Rhythm Nation 1814 is Janet Jackson's music concept addressing the social issues of racism, crime, poverty, substance abuse, homelessness and illiteracy. The album was the best selling of 1990 and generated five charted hits. Janet is the youngest child of the Jackson music family.
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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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