Wednesday, March 31, 2010

#1 Album on March 31, 1974

John Denver's Greatest Hits
John Denver


John Denver's Greatest Hits was Denver's first compilation album and his best selling album. The release includes the classic hits "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Sunshine on My Shoulders" and "Rocky Mountain High", and some re-recorded songs. John was born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. in Roswell, New Mexico. He died in October 1997 when his small plane crashed off the coast of California.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

#1 Album on March 30, 1985

No Jacket Required
Phil Collins


The most popular Phil Collins album to date features the #1 songs "Sussudio" and "One More Night", plus the charted singles "Don't Lose My Number" and "Take Me Home". The album was a tremendous success earning a Grammy for Album of the Year in 1985. Collins followed up the album with The No Jacket Required World Tour.
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Monday, March 29, 2010

#1 Album on March 29, 1985

Centerfield
John Fogerty


Centerfield is former Credence Clearwater Revival front man John Fogerty's most popular album since leaving the group. The album features the singles "The Old Man Down the Road", "Rock and Roll Girls" and the title track "Centerfield", which has become a baseball music classic. Fogerty played all the instruments on this album himself, thanks to modern music production techniques.
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Sunday, March 28, 2010

#1 Album on March 28, 1974

The Way We Were
Barbra Streisand


The blockbuster movie of 1973 starred Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. The romance movie follows the unlikely relationship of Katie Morosky and Hubell Gardiner through cultural, political and personal change. The movie's title song "The Way We Were" was Streisand's her first #1 single in the U.S. The film won an Academy Award for Best Music.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

#1 Album on March 27, 2002

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Soundtrack


O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a depression-era comedy film that chronicles three friends who escape from prison in search for hidden fortune. The film was directed and produced by the Coen Brothers and starred George Clooney. A variety of artists compiled songs for the soundtrack, which features bluegrass, gospel, blues and country music. The soundtrack won Album of the Year at the Grammys.
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Friday, March 26, 2010

#1 Album on March 26, 1995

Greatest Hits
Bruce Springsteen


Springsteen's first compilation album features past hits and popular songs from previous albums along with four extra tracks recorded in 1995 with the E Street Band. The release reached #1 in America, Australia, the U.K. and Sweden. Two of the songs were from movie sound tracks, "Streets of Philadelphia" from the Philadelphia, and "Secret Garden" from the film Jerry McGuire.
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

#1 Album on March 25, 1972

America
America


America's self-titled debut produced the #1 song "A Horse With No Name" and the popular singles "I Need You", "Sandman" and "Three Roses". The group America actually formed in England. Band members Gerry Beckly, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek were all sons of military personnel stationed at a U.S. Air Force base in London. The three met in a London high school and recorded their first album there.
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